typhonianとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /taɪˈfəʊ.ni.ən/
• (General American) IPA: /taɪˈfoʊ.ni.ən/
• 韻: -əʊniən

形容詞

Typhonian (comparative more Typhonian, superlative most Typhonian)

1. Of or relating to Typhon or, by interpretatio graeca, his Egyptian equivalent Set.
   • 1850, John Kenrick, Ancient Egypt under the Pharaohs, volume 1, page 440:

     This colour, he remarks, was rare among the Egyptians, though very common among foreigners, and these Typhonian men were sacrificed by the ancient kings at the tomb of Osiris.

   • 1881, George St. Clair, review in The Modern Review, volume 2, page 424–425:

     The gods were time-keepers; the first time observed and registered was Sut-Typhonian, and the writer maintains that the Typhonian religion and types are the oldest extant, whether in Egypt or out of it.

   • 1972, New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, page 20:

     Set is represented as having the features of a fantastic beast with a thin, curved snout, straight, square-cut ears and a stiff forked tail. This creature cannot with certainty be identified and is commonly called the ‘Typhonian animal’.

   • 2013, Daniel Ogden, Dragons, Serpents, and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds: A Sourcebook, page 30:

     [Typhon continues to address Zeus.] […] May the Typhonian bear spread wide the great gape of its shaggy jaws and harry the Olympian Bear.

同意語

• Typhonic
• Setian
• Sethian

派生語

アナグラム

• antiphony