メディチ
解説 Definition
Medici はイタリアのフィレンツェで大きな影響力を持ったメディチ家を指します。銀行業や政治、芸術支援で知られる歴史上の一族について述べるときに使われます。
The Medici were a powerful family associated with Florence, especially during the Renaissance. They became prominent through banking and exercised major political and cultural influence, including extensive patronage of artists and scholars.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
歴史上の一族名なので通常 the Medici と大文字で用い、「メディチ家」を表す。語形はイタリア語 medico「医師」の複数形 medici と同じで、medicine や remedy に通じる med-「治す」を手掛かりにする。the Medici supported artists のように、フィレンツェ・銀行業・政治・芸術支援を一つの場面として覚える。
Use the Medici with a capital letter when referring to the famous Florentine family. Link the name with Italian medico, “doctor,” whose plural form is medici, and with familiar English words such as medicine and remedy. Then place the family in one clear Renaissance scene: Florence, banking, political power, and support for artists. A sentence such as “The Medici supported artists in Florence” captures both the usual grammar and the historical association, while preventing confusion with an ordinary word for doctors.
例文
The lecture focused on the Medici and their role in Florence.
その講義はメディチ家とフィレンツェでの役割に焦点を当てていました。
Several artists received support from the Medici during the Renaissance.
ルネサンス期には、何人もの芸術家がメディチ家から支援を受けました。
The museum has a room about the Medici family and its cultural influence.
その博物館には、メディチ家とその文化的影響についての部屋があります。
medici の類義語・関連語
紛らわしい語
medici の語源・成り立ち Etymology
イタリア語「医師たち（medicoの複数形）」に由来します。ラテン語の「治す」を意味する語根med-に接尾辞が付き、英語のmedicine（医学）やremedy（治療法）と同源です。もともと薬草商だった家系がこの名を姓とし、後に銀行家として繁栄したため「メディチ家」として定着しました。
Medici is an Italian family name formally identical to the plural of medico, meaning “doctor” or “physician.” Medico ultimately comes from Latin medicus and belongs to the word group associated with healing, also represented in English by medicine and remedy. As a proper name, Medici became internationally established through the prominent Florentine banking and ruling family and is normally preceded by the in English.
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