单词 | seven-hilled |
释义 | seven-hilled, a. [Cf. L. septicollis (Prudentius).] Standing on seven hills: epithet of the city of Rome.
1608H. Clapham Errour Right Hand 73 The Seauen hilled Citie (Rome). 1681H. More Expos. Dan. Pref. 24 The seven-hilled City of Rome. c1743Francis tr. Hor., Sec. Poem 117 Mayst thou, in all thy radiant course, Nothing more great than seven-hill'd Rome behold! 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. lxxx, The Goth, the Christian, Time, War, Flood, and Fire, Have dealt upon the seven-hill'd city's pride. 1835Lytton Rienzi i. xii, Rome..with her seven-hilled diadem. So seven-hilly a. rare.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 281 The seuen hilly Rome. 1824Byron Def. Transf. i. ii. 149 In old Rome, the seven-hilly, We'll revel at ease. |

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