legenda
伝説集
解説 Definition
標準的な英語ではない言葉。ラテン語や他の言語に由来する可能性があり、現代の英語辞書では一般的に認識されていない。(非標準語)
A Latin or learned historical term meaning “things to be read,” especially a collection of saints’ lives or other narratives appointed for reading. It is rare in modern English and often remains visibly foreign or occurs in discussion of medieval texts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
legendaはラテン語legere「読む」からできた「読まれるべきもの」という形で、中世には聖人伝などの朗読集を指しました。英語legendのもとになった語として、legend「伝説」とlegible「読める」を「読む」という共通の核で結ぶと覚えやすく、現代英語では外来語的・学術的な用法です。
Connect legenda with reading rather than beginning with the modern idea of an invented tale. In Latin it literally points to “things to be read,” and medieval legenda were collections or selections, especially accounts of saints, intended for reading aloud. From this use came English legend. The same reading association can be seen more distantly in legible, meaning easy to read. Remember the sequence: material to be read, traditional sacred narratives, then legend. In current English, legenda is mainly a Latin-looking scholarly or historical term, not the usual plural of legend.
例文
The term 'legenda' appears in some historical Latin texts and medieval manuscripts.
『legenda』という用語はいくつかの歴史的なラテン語のテキストや中世の写本に現れます。
This word is not commonly used in modern English dictionaries.
この単語は現代の英語辞書では一般的に使用されていません。
Scholars debate whether 'legenda' should be considered English or a foreign loan word.
学者は『legenda』を英語とすべきか外来語とすべきかについて議論しています。
legenda の類義語・関連語
類義語
紛らわしい語
legenda の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 legenda(読まれるべきもの)に由来し、動詞 legere(読む)の動形容詞形。聖人伝の朗読集が原義で、そこから「伝説集」の意味に。関連語:legend(伝説)、legible(読みやすい)。「読むべき物語」が転じて伝説となった。
Legenda is Latin, the neuter plural gerundive of legere, “to read,” and literally means “things that are to be read.” In medieval usage it became associated with readings about saints and with collections of saints’ lives. This history contributed to the development of English legend through Old French and Medieval Latin. Words such as legible and lecture ultimately share the Latin root legere, although they entered English by different routes.
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