phoenician
フェニキア人
解説 Definition
フェニキア人とは、古代地中海東部に位置するフェニキア地方に住んでいた民族を指します。航海術と交易に優れ、アルファベットの起源となる文字体系を生み出したことで知られています。
A Phoenician was a member of the ancient people who inhabited Phoenicia on the eastern Mediterranean coast. The Phoenicians were especially known for maritime trade, seafaring, colonies, purple dye, and an influential consonantal writing system.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
人を指す名詞では a Phoenician「一人のフェニキア人」、複数は Phoenicians です。固有名詞由来なので通常は大文字にします。Phoenician merchants、Mediterranean trade、Phoenician alphabet を一まとまりにし、古代地中海東岸の航海・交易民とその文字体系を結び付けて覚えましょう。
Use a historical scene to anchor the noun: a Phoenician merchant sailing from the eastern Mediterranean with dyed cloth and written trade records. As a countable noun, say a Phoenician for one person and Phoenicians for the people collectively; capitalize the word because it comes from a proper geographical name. Link it with three recurring ideas: Phoenician merchants, Mediterranean trade, and the Phoenician alphabet. The same form can also be an adjective, but this entry focuses on the person, so distinguish “a Phoenician” from “a Phoenician ship.”
例文
The Phoenician alphabet is considered the ancestor of most modern writing systems.
フェニキア文字は、ほとんどの現代の文字体系の祖先と考えられています。
Phoenician merchants established trade networks across the entire Mediterranean Sea.
フェニキアの商人たちは、地中海全域に交易ネットワークを築きました。
Archaeological excavations uncovered a Phoenician shipwreck dating back to the eighth century BCE.
考古学的な発掘調査により、紀元前8世紀に遡るフェニキアの難破船が発見されました。
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phoenician の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語 Phoinikē(フェニキア)から。語源は phoinix(深紅色)で、彼らが特産の紫紅色染料(貝紫)で知られたことに由来。phoenix(不死鳥)も同根で、赤い羽の伝説と結びつく。地中海交易とアルファベットの発明で知られる古代民族。
Phoenician comes through Latin Phoenicius from Greek Phoinikē, the name used for Phoenicia. The Greek name is traditionally associated with phoinix, a word connected with purple-red or crimson, reflecting the region’s famous purple dye industry. Phoenicia was the ancient eastern Mediterranean coastal region whose trading cities included Tyre and Sidon. The English ending -ian marks association or origin, so a Phoenician is a person belonging to or originating from Phoenicia.
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