Actaeon

n. [希神]亚克托安

发音

/ækˈtiːən/
/ækˈtiːɒn/
/ækˈteɪən/
/ækˈteɪɒn/
/ˈæktɪən/

词形变化

Actaeons 复数 Actaeons Actaeoned Actaeoning Actaeons 三单 Actaeoning 现在分词 Actaeoned 过去式 Actaeoned 过去分词

别名

Actæon Acteon

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cuckold.

    古体 俚语

    […] but I had the story from some French officers of distinction, who mentioned the name of the injured and prudent husband, and that he was a person of very high rank. That name, however, even if I had not forgotten it, I should not think it fair to repeat, because it would seem to be a matter of some moment to the gentleman though he was an Acteon, not to be thought so.

    He once lost a friend by kindly inquiring after his wife, who had made an Acteon of him, first by the head ornament presented, and secondly by sending him to the dogs in the way of pecuniary circumstances.

v.
  1. 1.

    To cuckold.

    废旧 罕用 俚语 及物
name
  1. 1.

    Grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

    宗教 神话 哲学

词源

From Latin Actaeōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀκταίων (Aktaíōn). In Greek mythology, Artemis transformed Actaeon into a stag with horns on his head. In European folklore, horns were considered the sign of a cuckold, whence the noun sense of Actaeon, "cuckold", and the verb sense "to cuckold", are derived. Compare horned, put horns on, etc.

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