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philosophy: [14] Greek phílos (a word of uncertain origin) meant ‘loving’. It has entered into an enormous range of English compounds, including philander [17] (adopted from a Greek word meaning ‘loving men’), philanthropy [17], philately, and philology [17], not to mention all the terms suffixed with -phil or -phile, such as Anglophile [19] and paedophile [20]. Philosophy itself means etymologically ‘loving wisdom’. It comes via Old French filosofie and Latin philosophia from Greek philosophíā, whose second element was a derivative of sophós ‘wise’ (source of English sophisticate).
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中文词源

arachn-(蜘蛛):希腊神话中擅长刺绣的少女阿拉喀涅  

在希腊神话中,据说有一位心灵手巧的凡人少女,名叫阿拉喀涅(Arachne)。她特别擅长刺绣,并骄傲地宣称就连智慧女神雅典娜的手艺也比不上她。雅典娜知道了非常生气,化身为一个老太婆下凡,找到阿拉喀涅,劝告她要对神保持谦卑之心。心高气傲的阿拉喀涅不肯听取雅典娜的劝告。于是雅典娜现出原形,要与阿拉喀涅比赛刺绣手艺。雅典娜绣的内容是自己和波塞冬争夺雅典城的故事,四个角上还绣了四个凡人因为不敬重神灵而被神严惩的故事。阿拉喀涅绣的则是神灵撒谎行恶的丑事,如宙斯勾引诸多凡间女子的风流故事。两人的手艺不相上下,但阿拉喀涅绣的内容大大激怒了雅典娜。她愤怒地毁掉了阿拉喀涅的作品,并用梭子在她额头上连敲三下,将其变成了一只蜘蛛,罚她永远都要织网。

  阿拉喀涅的名字Arachne在希腊语中就是“蜘蛛”的意思。英语中表示“蜘蛛”的词根arach-就来源于此。

  arachn-:蜘蛛

  arachnid:[ə'ræknɪd] n.蛛形纲动物adj.蛛形纲动物的

  arachnoid:[ə'ræknɒɪd] n.蛛网膜adj.蛛网状的,蛛网膜的

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