Aaron's Rodとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

A reference to Numbers 17:8, the Authorized / KJV translation of which is "And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds." (spelling modernized).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɛəɹ.ənz ɹɒd/, /ˈæɹ-/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɛɹ.ənz ɹɑd/, /ˈɛəɹ-/, /ˈæɹ-/

名詞

Aaron's rod (countable and uncountable, plural Aaron's rods)

1. Any of various plants with a tall flowering stem, especially:
   1. Verbascum thapsus, the great mullein, common mullein, or hag-taper. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

      Synonyms: torchwort, hag-taper, common mullein, great mullein, Adam's flannel, Jacob's staff, Jupiter's staff, cow's lungwort

   2. Goldenrod, the Solidago genus of North American plants with yellow flowers.
   3. Hylotelephium telephium (syn. Sedum telephium; orpine, livelong, or live-forever).
2. (architecture) A rod-shaped molding decorated with an entwined snake, and sometimes leaves, vines, and/or scrolls.
3. (archaic) A rod with one serpent twined around it, as used by Aaron (differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two serpents).
4. (slang, dated, uncommon) The penis.

参照

Further reading

• Aaron's rod on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aaron's Rod in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Verbascum thapsus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Solidago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sedum telephium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies