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archil

N สาร สีม่วง ที่ ได้ จาก ไล เค น  orchill san-si-muang-ti-dai-chak-lai-ken

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARCHIL

n.A lichen, which grows on rocks, in the Canary and Cape de Verd isles, which yields a rich purple color, not durable, but very beautiful. It is bruised between stones, and moistened with strong spirit of urine mixed with quick lime. It first takes a purplish red color, and then turns to blue. In the first state it is called archil; and in the second, lacmas or litmase, litmus.

 

ARCHILOCHIAN

a.Pertaining to Archilochus, the poet, who invented a verse of seven feet, the first four dactyls or spondees, the last three, trochees.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARCHIL

Ar "chil, n. Etym: [OF. orchel, orcheil, It. orcella, oricello, or OSp. orchillo. Cf. Orchil. ]

 

1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc. ), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. Tomlinson.

 

2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also orchal and orchil. ]

 

ARCHILOCHIAN

Ar `chi *lo "chi *an, a. Etym: [L. Archilochius. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

archil

ar chil |ˈärkəl, -CHəl ˈɑrtʃəl | noun archaic spelling of orchil.

 

Archilochus

Ar chil o chus |ärˈkiləkəs ˌɑrkəˈloʊkəs | (8th or 7th century bc ), Greek poet. He is credited with the invention of iambic meter.

 

Oxford Dictionary

archil

archil |ˈɑːtʃɪl | noun archaic spelling of orchil.

 

Archilochus

Archilochus |ɑːˈkɪləkəs | (8th or 7th century bc ), Greek poet. Acclaimed in his day as equal in stature to Homer and Pindar, he wrote satirical verse and fables and is credited with the invention of iambic metre.

 

Duden Dictionary

Archilexem

Ar chi le xem Substantiv, Neutrum Sprachwissenschaft , das |Archilex e m |das Archilexem; Genitiv: des Archilexems, Plural: die Archilexeme griechisch das Lexem innerhalb eines Wortfeldes, das den allgemeinsten Inhalt hat z. B. Pferd gegenüber Gaul, Klepper, Rappe, Hengst

 

Archilochius

Ar chi lo chi us Substantiv, maskulin , der |Archiloch i us |der Archilochius; Genitiv: des Archilochius griechisch-lateinisch ; nach dem altgriechischen Dichter Archilochos Bezeichnung für verschiedene antike Versformen Archilochius maior aus einer daktylischen ; Tetrapodie und einem Ithyphallicus bestehende Versform

 

Spanish Dictionary

archilexema

archilexema nombre masculino ling Lexema cuyo significado está incluido en otros lexemas de significado más específico que pertenecen a un mismo campo léxico :asiento es el archilexema de taburete ’, ‘sofá ’, ‘silla ’, etc .