Narthexとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Ancient Greek νάρθηξ (nárthēx, “giant fennel; casket”), a Pre-Greek word, as suggested by the suffix. See also νάρδος (nárdos, “nard”).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈnɑɹθɛks/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈnɑːθɛks/

名詞

narthex (plural narthexes or narthices)

1. (architecture) A western vestibule leading to the nave in some Christian churches.
   • 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 637:

     we were in the antechamber, called the narthex, which runs across the front of any Byzantine church [...].

   • 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 87:

     One of these was Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi, [...] who had now conceived ambitious plans for paintings to decorate the entire narthex, or entrance porch, of Avignon's ancient cathedral.

   • 2012, Melissa F. Miller, chapter 42, in Irretrievably Broken (The Sasha McCandless Series), e-book edition, volume 1, Brown Street Books, →ISBN, page 11642:

     “Cinco,” Marco bellowed now, hurrying across the narthex to give him a hearty handshake, which Cinco returned without enthusiasm.

派生語

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈnar.tʰeːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈnar.teks]

名詞

narthēx m (genitive narthēcos or narthēcis); third declension

1. giant fennel (Ferula communis)
   • 77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 13.123:

     Duo eius genera: nartheca Graeci vocant adsurgentem in altitudinem, nartheciam vero semper humilem.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

語形変化

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).

関連する語

Further reading

• “narthex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “narthex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.