「神曲 地獄篇」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell
ダンテ・アリギエーリが「神曲 地獄篇」で何度も使う、英語の頻出4,000語に入らない40語です。先に覚えておくと、最初の章がずっと読みやすくなります。各単語に発音記号、意味、本文の例文をつけました。
thou/ˈðaʊ/なんじ, そなた本文に329回
“Whiche’er thou art, or shade or real man!”
thee/ˈði/なんじを本文に156回
And lead thee hence through the eternal place,
unto/ˈəntu/…に, の方へ, まで本文に116回
“Have pity on me,” unto him I cried,
doth/ˈdɔθ/doの三人称・単数・現在形本文に57回
For she doth make my veins and pulses tremble.”
descend/dɪˈsɛnd/下る, 降りる本文に39回
The here descending down into this centre,
behold/bɪˈhoʊɫd/…を見る, ながめる本文に32回
Turn itself back to re-behold the pass
downward/ˈdaʊnwɝd/下の方へ, 低い方へ本文に28回
While I was rushing downward to the lowland,
weep/ˈwip/涙を流す, 泣く本文に26回
Who weeps in all his thoughts and is despondent,
thine/ˈðaɪn/なんじの本文に23回
To the adventure, with these words of thine,
crag/ˈkɹæɡ/ごつごつした岩, 険しい岩山本文に21回
Shall not prevent thy going down this crag.”
wholly/ˈhoʊɫi/まったく, 完全に本文に21回
Cometh before him, wholly it confesses;
depart/dɪˈpɑɹt/立ち去る, 出発する本文に20回
Day was departing, and the embrowned air
moat/ˈmoʊt/堀本文に19回
Then we arrived within the moats profound,
torment/ˈtɔɹˌmɛnt/激しい苦痛本文に19回
And this arose from sorrow without torment,
wont/ˈwoʊnt/…し慣れて, するのを常として本文に17回
Who’rt wont to be a comfort to my fears?”
onward/ˈɔnwɝd/前へ, 先へ本文に17回
So did my soul, that still was fleeing onward,
whence/ˈhwɛns/本文に16回
There from whence envy first did let her loose.
thyself/ˌðaɪˈsɛɫf/なんじ自身本文に16回
Consume within thyself with thine own rage.
lament/ɫəˈmɛnt/嘆く, 嘆き悲しむ本文に15回
To these, that maketh them lament so sore?”
boil/ˈbɔɪɫ/わき立つ本文に15回
Near to a fount that boils, and pours itself
serpent/ˈsɝpənt/ヘビ本文に14回
Which hidden is, as in the grass a serpent.
upward/ˈəpwɝd/上のほうへ, 上向きに本文に14回
It hither, thither, downward, upward, drives them;
honour/ˈɑnɝ/名誉, 栄光, 名声本文に13回
“O, of the other poets honour and light,
thrust/ˈθɹəst/…を強く押す, 急に押す, 押し付ける本文に13回
As grades he wishes it should be thrust down.
beast/ˈbist/動物, 四足獣本文に13回
The variegated skin of that wild beast,
dolorous悲しみを誘う, 悲しそうな, 悲しい本文に12回
Thou shalt behold the people dolorous
se/ˈseɪ/見る本文に12回
That, as thou seest, it doth not yet desert me;
disdain/dɪsˈdeɪn/…を軽べつする, 侮る, 恥とする本文に12回
Misericord and Justice both disdain them.
weary/ˈwɪɹi/疲れた, 疲れはてた本文に12回
After my weary body I had rested,
eternal/iˈtɝnəɫ/永遠の, 永久不変の, 不滅の本文に12回
Through me the way is to eternal dole;
colour/ˈkəɫɝ/色, 色採, 色調本文に11回
These words in sombre colour I beheld
sinner/ˈsɪnɝ/罪人本文に11回
Down at the bottom were the sinners naked;
vain/ˈveɪn/むだな, 無益な, なんにもならない本文に11回
“Phlegyas, Phlegyas, thou criest out in vain
demon/ˈdimən/悪霊本文に11回
Charon the demon, with the eyes of glede,
backward/ˈbækwɝd/後方へ, 後ろ向きに本文に11回
Each one turned backward, rolling retrograde,
conceal/kənˈsiɫ/を隠す本文に11回
If reek of the morass conceal it not.”
lamentation嘆き悲しむこと, 悲嘆本文に10回
Where thou shalt hear the desperate lamentations,
countenance/ˈkaʊntənəns/顔つき, 顔色, 表情本文に10回
Of great authority in their countenance;
lofty/ˈɫɔfti/非常に高い, そびえ立つ本文に10回
There is his city and his lofty throne;
pity/ˈpɪti/あわれみ, 同情本文に10回
Dost thou not hear the pity of his plaint?
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