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Aristarch
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English
2011 July 20
Alternative forms
en aristarch Aristarchus
Etymology
From the en la Aristarchus, from the en grc Ἀρίσταρχος (Aristarkhos; “Aristarchus of Samothrace”, a severe critic of Homeric poetry).
Pronunciation
ăʹrĭstärk RP, en /ˈæɹɪstɑːk/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Aristarch.wav Southern England
Noun
s
A en severe en critic.
en zoilus
en September 1764 Tobias George Smollett The Critical Review: or, Annals of Literature 18 article 23: Review of William Johnſton’s A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary, &c. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=X8APAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA237&dq=%2Bsyllabification&hl=en&ei=9mQETsXnN4_RsgbVoIyvDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%2Bsyllabification&f=false 237 Let no Ariſtarch of learning diſdain performances of this kind.
en 1932 Edith Philips The Good Quaker in French Legend University of Pennsylvania Press http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mU0vAAAAIAAJ&q=%22these+Aristarchs%22&dq=%22these+Aristarchs%22&hl=en&ei=VFsnTp-CHIGDOp7FoLIK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAjge 145 Then let these Aristarchs read the geographer Morse; they will then see that the good Penn, however concerned he may have been with spiritual good, did not for all that neglect the goods of this world.
Derived terms
en Aristarchian
Translations
severe critic
Bulgarian: bg ариста́рх m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 苛评家
French: fr aristarque
Italian: it aristarco
Portuguese: pt aristarco
Romanian: ro aristarh
Russian: ru ариста́рх m
Slovene: sl aristarh
Spanish: es aristarco
References
“Aristarch” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
en eponyms