Etruscan (etruskan)

and n. [L. Etrus cus, Etrurian (pl. Etrusci, the Etrurians), Tuscan. - Etruscan art, the art of ancient Etruria; an bled in many ways those of primitive Greece. Compare artistic development believed with probability to have grown up independently from the same root as the art of Greece, but far inferior in every way to Greek art, though in its later stages influenced by it. Etruscan masonry closely resembles the Greek in its progre from the ma ive polygonal to admirable rectangular work in even courses; the arch and the vault were consistently em ployed, and were pa ed on to become the characteristic feature of Roman architecture; while the Etruscan house of rectangular plan with central court was the prototype of the Roman house. (See Tuscan order, under Tuscan.) Etruscan Art.-Etruscan Sarcophagus in terra-cotta, from Chiusi: period of full development.- Museo Egizio, Florence. metal than to clay. All bear ornament in relief, from simple ribs or flutings to medallions, groups of figures, etc. et seq. An abbreviation of the Latin et sequent i a, Etrusco-Camp an i an Vase. or et sequentes, meaning 'and what follows,' 'and the following': as, compare page 45 et seq. -ette. [See -etl .] A French suffix, the fem i- nine form of -et1 (which see), retained in French words of recent introduction, as grisette , sil- houette, etiquette, palette, sextette , coquette , etc. Some of these have older English forms in -etl, as ticket , pallet , or are recently so spelled, as sextet , octet, coquet , etc. ettent, n. [Also written ettin , eat on , etc.; eoten , a giant (only in the poem of "Beowulf"), = Icel. jötunn = Dan. jette = Sw.jätte , a giant.] A giant or goblin. Quen Dauid fagt gaine that etin Has he nozt his staf for-zetin; Vn-to the bataile he hit bare, Muzt na kinge squorde do mare. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 118. They say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and the ettins will come and snatch it from him. Beau. and Fl ., Knight of Burning Pestle, i. 1. etter (et'er), n. A Scotch form of atter1. ettercap (et'er-kap), n. A Scotch form of atter сор. A fiery etter - cap , a fractious chiel, As het as ginger, and as stieve as steel. Robertson of Struan . etter-pike (et'er-pik), n. [ etter , = E. atter , poison, + pike , a fish.] Same as adder pike . ettlel (et'l), v.; pret. and pp. ettled, ppr. ettling. [Sc., also written ettil, attle, attel, etc.; Heraude in Anger atled to sle Cryste thurgh his curstnes, as the clause tellus. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4304. I never ettled harm to thee. IMG:content-0758.jpg:[graphic] Quoted in Child's Ballads, VI. 178. 2. To expect; reckon: as, I'm ettling he'll be here the morn. I saye the syr Arthure es thyne enmye forever, And ettelles to bee overlynge of the empyre of Rome, That alle his ancestres aughte, bot Utere hymselfe. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 520. IL in trans. 1. To take aim. Nixt scharp Mnestheus war and awysee, Vnto the heid has halit vp on hie The best works of Etruscan sculpture were its strongly colored terra-cotta statues, of life-size and larger, and its sarcophagi of terra-cotta bearing reclining figures on their lids, showing, however, but little anatomical truth, despite much research in details of dre and ornament. The native Etruscan jewelry exhibits ma ivene and intrinsic value, as in heavy and complicated chains, pen dants, and the like, in preference to the delicacy and artistic refinement of the imported Greek and Phenic i an examples found with the native productions in the tombs. See bulla. - Etruscan pottery. (a) The pottery of the ancient Etruscans, which may be roughly divided into four main cla es: (1) the early cinerary urns, called Canopic vases, with covers in the form of human heads (see Canopic ); (2) the black, unglazed ware, with ornamental figures and designs, impre ed or in low relief, called bucchero or bucchero nero vases (see bucchero ); (3) the painted vases imitated more or le closely from those of Greek manufacture; (4) the vases coated with a brilliant black varnish, and bearing reliefs, called Etrusco Camp an i an (which see). (b) An epithet erroneously applied to Greek painted vases. This application, originating in the eighteenth century, before the study of archæology had made much advance, is still in use among persons whose ideas about these subjects are obtained from books. Wedgwood had this use in mind when he named his works Etruria.- Etruscan ware, a pottery made by a person named Dillwyn, at Swansea in Wales, about 1850, and decorated with figures, borders, etc., of cla ical design, 4. To aspire; be ambitious. usually in black or red. This ware was known as Dillwyn's Etruscan ware, and these words were printed in black on the bottom of each piece. Jewitt. II. n. 1. An inhabitant of Etruria; a member of the primitive race of ancient Etruria. Baith arrow and ene, etland at the merk. Gavin Douglas , tr. of Virgil, p. 144. IMG:content-0759.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0760.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0761.png:[blocks in formation] ettle ment (et'l-ment), n. [ ettler for preferment. IMG:content-0762.png:[blocks in formation] etymologist (et-i-mol'ō-jist), n. [F. étymolo- giste Sp. It. etimologista = Pg. etymologist a ; as etymology + -ist .] One versed in etymology; one who specially studies, teaches, or writes the history of words; a historian of words. etymologize (et-i-mol'ō-jiz), v .; pret. and pp. etymologized , ppr. etymologizing . [ logiser , formerly etymologizer , = Sp. etimologi- sar Pg. etymologizar = It. etimologizzare , etymologisare (cf. equiv. ML. etymologi- care, Gr. ἐτυμολογεῖν); as etymology + -ize .] I. in trans. 1. To study etymology or the history of words; search into the origin of words.-2. To provide or suggest etymologies for words. The habit of etymologizing words off-hand from expres- sive sounds, by the unaided and often flighty fancy of a philologer. E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, I. 147. etymology (et-i-mol'ō-ji), n.; pl. etymologies (-jiz). (Early mod. E. etymologie, etimologie ; IMG:content-0763.png:[blocks in formation] mology (translated notatio (see notation ) and veriloquium (see veriloquent ) by Cicero, and originatio (see origination ) by Quintilian), έτι μολόγος, studying etymology, telling the true origin of a word (as a noun, an etymologist), ἐτυμον , the true literal sense of a word accord- ing to its origin, its etymology, + -λογία , etymon and -ology .] 1. That part of philology which treats of the history of words in respect both to form and to meanings, tracing them back toward their origin, and set- ting forth and explaining the changes they have undergone. Etymology treats of the structure and history of words. It includes cla ification, inflection, and derivation. F. A. March , Anglo-Saxon Grammar, p. 33. Specifically-2. The particular history of a word, including an account of its various forms and senses. In its widest sense, the etymology of a word includes all its variations of form and spelling, and all its different meanings and shades of meaning, from its first appearance in the language to the present time, and, fur- ther, the same facts concerning the original or the cognate forms of the word in other languages. This would be im- practicable for any large number of words, and accord- ingly the fullest etymologies, as in this dictionary, give but one form or a few typical forms for a given period of a language, or but one form for the whole period of the language, with a like summary treatment of the meanings, complete exhibition of forms and meanings being given only at critical or important points in the history. implies merely the "derivation" of the word, namely, the mention of the word or root from which it is derived, as when bishop is said to be "from Greek ἐπίσκοπος," or chief "from Latin caput ." Expoundinge also and declaringe the etimologie and na- tive signification of suche wordes as we have borowed of as ), be, in είναι , be: see am (under bel ), etymon , etc. The prefix is strictly the stem of the adj., and not the adv. εὐ ; but the distinction is slight, and is generally dis- regarded, the prefix being more conveniently referred directly to the adverb. The prefix is used in Greek primarily to form adjectives, the second element being usually a noun or verb root, and the compound compound being an adjective meaning 'with good...,' 'having good 'well-' or 'e "easilyoded, -ed,' as in εὐχειρ , having good (quick, dexterous) hands, well-handed, εὐφυής , well-grown, having a good nature, εὐώνν- uos , having a good name, well-named, εὐάγγελος , bringing good news, etc.; such adjectives being often used as nouns, and often having abstract or other nouns derived from them.] A pre- fix of Greek origin, meaning 'good' (for the purpose) or, as used adverbially, 'well,' 'eas i- ly,' implying excellence, fitne , abundance, prosperity, facility, easine . It is opposed to dys- , as in eulogy , eupepsy , opposed to dyslogy , dyspepsy . In evangel and its derivatives eu- has taken the form ev- , which also appears, le properly, in some recent New Latin formations. form and use of the word; and observe chronology. 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