Taurus的词源

英文词源

Taurus (n.): zodiac constellation, late Old English, from Latin taurus "bull, bullock, steer," also the name of the constellation, from PIE *tau-ro- "bull" (cognates: Greek tauros, Old Church Slavonic turu "bull, steer;" Lithuanian tauras "aurochs;" Old Prussian tauris "bison"); from PIE *tauro- "bull," from root *(s)taeu- "stout, standing, strong" (cognates: Sanskrit sthura- "thick, compact," Avestan staora- "big cattle," Middle Persian stor "horse, draft animal," Gothic stiur "young bull," Old English steor, see steer (n.)); extended form of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).

Klein proposes a Semitic origin (compare Aramaic tora "ox, bull, steer," Hebrew shor, Arabic thor, Ethiopian sor). Meaning "person born under the sign of the bull" is recorded from 1901.
At midnight revels when the gossips met,
He was the theme of their eternal chat:
This ask'd what form great Jove would next devise,
And when his godship would again Taurise?
[William Somerville, "The Wife," 1727]
The Taurid meteors (peaking Nov. 20) so called from 1878.

英语中表示“金牛座”的单词Taurus直接来自拉丁语，意思就是“公牛”。

希腊神话中，众神之王宙斯化身为一头俊美的公牛，来到美丽的腓尼基公主欧罗巴的身边，将其拐到另外一片大陆上，与公主生了三个儿子。为了纪念这段爱情，宙斯便将公牛的形象升上天空，变成了星空中的金牛座（Taurus）。

Taurus：['tɔ:rəs] n. 金牛座；金牛宫

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