Harmonia的词源
英文词源
- harmony
- harmony: [14] The etymological idea behind harmony is ‘fitting things together’ – that is, of combining notes in an aesthetically pleasing manner. It comes via Old French harmonie and Latin harmonia from Greek harmoníā ‘means of joining’, hence ‘agreement, concord’, a derivative of harmós ‘joint’. As a musical term in Greek it appears to have denoted ‘scale’, or more simply just ‘music’, and its original use in English was for what we would now call ‘melody’.
It was not applied to the combination of notes to form chords (a practice which originated in the 9th century) until the 16th century. The term harmonica was coined in 1762 by the American physicist and statesman Benjamin Franklin for a musical instrument consisting of a set of water-filled glasses tuned to different notes and played with the fingers. It was first applied to the mouth-organ in the 19th century.
- harmonic (adj.)
- 1560s, "relating to music," from Latin harmonicus, from Greek harmonikos "harmonic, musical, skilled in music," from harmonia (see harmony). From 1660s as "tuneful, harmonious; relating to harmony" (earlier as armonical "tuneful, harmonious," c. 1500). The noun, short for harmionic tone, is recorded from 1777. Related: Harmonically.
- harmonium (n.)
- keyboard instrument, a kind of reed-organ popular late 19c. in homes and smaller churches, 1847, from French harmonium, from Greek harmonia (see harmony). Harmonium-like instruments predate the improved version patented 1840 in France by Alexandre Debain, who gave it the name.
- harmony (n.)
- late 14c., "combination of tones pleasing to the ear," from Old French harmonie, armonie "harmony," also the name of a musical instrument (12c.), from Latin harmonia, from Greek harmonia "agreement, concord of sounds," also as a proper name, the personification of music, literally "means of joining," used of ship-planks, etc., also "settled government, order," related to harmos "fastenings of a door; shoulder," from PIE *ar-ti-, from *ar- "to fit together" (see arm (n.1)). Modern scientific harmony, using combinations of notes to form chords, is from 16c. Sense of "agreement of feeling, concord" is from late 14c.
中文词源
哈耳摩尼亚（Harmonia）是希腊神话中代表和谐和协调的女神。在罗马神话中对应的神祇为孔科耳狄亚（Concordia）。哈耳摩尼亚的对头是不和女神厄里斯。根据赫西俄德的《神谱》，她是战神阿瑞斯和爱神阿芙洛狄忒私通所生的女儿。
哈耳摩尼亚以其在婚礼所收的项链而为人熟悉。当雅典娜把底比斯交给卡德摩斯统治时，宙斯把哈耳摩尼亚许给卡德摩斯。婚礼上，诸神齐来庆贺。爱神阿芙洛狄忒的丈夫、火神赫淮斯托斯也来参加婚礼，并为新娘献上一件他亲手做的一件无袖长袍和一条项链。但出于对爱神与战神的痛恨，赫淮斯托斯对项链施加了诅咒，凡是戴上该项链的人都会遭遇不幸。这就是著名的“哈耳摩尼亚项链”。
哈耳摩尼亚的名字Harmonia在希腊语中就是“和谐”的意思。英语单词harmony（和谐）就来源于此。
harmony：['hɑːmənɪ] n.和谐，和睦，协调
harmonic：[hɑː'mɒnɪk] adj.和谐的，和睦的，协调的，和声的n.谐波，和声
Harmonia’s necklace：不祥之物，祸根
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