Septuagint

英 ['septjuədʒint; -tʃu-] 美
  • n. 《旧约圣经》的希腊文译本(公元前3世纪完成)

英文词源


Septuagint (n.)
"Greek version of the Old Testament," 1630s, earlier as the word for the translators collectively (1570s), from Late Latin septuaginta (interpretes) "seventy (interpreters)," from Latin septuaginta "seventy," from septem "seven" (see seven) + -ginta "tens, ten times," from PIE *dkm-ta-, from *dekm- "ten" (see ten).

So called in reference to the (incorrect) tradition that the translation was done 3c. B.C.E. by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars (in Middle English, the Seuenty turneres) from Palestine and completed in 70 or 72 days. The translation is believed now to have been carried out at different times by an undetermined number of Egyptian Jews. Often denoted by Roman numerals, LXX. Related: Septuagintal.

双语例句


1. The Hebrew Old Testament was later translated into Greek called the Septuagint.
希伯来文圣经后来被翻译成希腊文,被称为七十士译本.

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