英语词汇“cyphonism”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

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cyphonism

释义

cyphonism Gr. Antiq.|ˈsaɪfənɪz(ə)m|
[ad. Gr. κυϕωνισµός, punishment by the κύϕων, crooked piece of wood, bent yoke of a plough, a sort of pillory, f. κῡϕός bent, crooked.]
Punishment by the κύϕων, a sort of pillory in which slaves or criminals were fastened by the neck (Liddell and Scott).
For notions formerly held about it see quot. 1848.
1727–51in Chambers Cycl.1848Wharton Law Lex., Cyphonism..some suppose to have been the smearing of the body with honey, and exposing the person to flies, wasps, etc. But the author of the notes on Hesychius says..that it..signifies that kind of punishment still used by the Chinese, called..the wooden collar, by which the neck of the malefactor is bent or weighed downward.

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