Epicoeneとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

epicoene (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of epicene.
   • [1609 December (first performance)​, Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: By Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342, page 525:

     Epicoene, or The ſilent VVoman. A comœdie. [title page]

     The character of Epicoene turns out to be a boy dressed as a woman.]

   • 1862, James Hadley, “Nouns”, in A Greek Grammar, for Schools and Colleges, New York, N.Y.; London: D. Appleton and Company, […], OCLC 261227923, part second (Inflection), paragraph 118, page 32:

     In many names of animals, the same word with the same gender is used for both sexes: ἡ ἁλὠπηξ the fox, male or female. These are said to be epicoene.