Pompeyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 中期英語 Pompey, anglicization of Latin Pompeius.

固有名詞

Pompey

1. (historical) A military and political leader of the late Roman Republic.

派生語

• Pompeian

語源 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

固有名詞

Pompey

1. (slang) The city of Portsmouth, England.
   • 1918, Chambers's Journal, volume 95, page 393:

     I think it is a libel, for I have yet to learn that West Country sailor-men are fonder of their victuals than those from 'Pompey' (Portsmouth), or 'Chats' (Chatham), or than Scotsmen, Irishmen, or Welshmen.

2. (slang, soccer) Portsmouth Football Club.

語源 3

From French Pompey; earliest attested name: Pompangio (896).

固有名詞

Pompey

1. A city in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France

語源

Anglicization of Latin Pompeius.

固有名詞

Pompey

1. Pompey
   • ?a. 1450 (1422), John Lydgate, edited by H. N. MacCracken, The Serpent of Division (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean 182), published 1911, 52/33:

     Pompey and þe Senat […] foriugged Cesar gilti […] and fully executed þer venenis malice.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

派生した語

• English: Pompey