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geophagy 的詞源

geophagy(n.)

“dirt-eating,” 1820年,源自希臘語 *geophagia(根據 OED,實際的希臘語是 geotragia),由 geo-,表示“地球”的詞根 (參見 Gaia)和 phagein “吃”組成。也參見 pica(n.2)。

A diseased appetite ... prevails in several parts of Alabama, where they eat clay. I heard various speculations on the origin of this singular propensity, called 'geophagy' in some medical books. [Lyell, "Second Visit to U.S.," 1850]
在阿拉巴馬州的一些地方,存在一種病態的食慾,他們吃泥土。我聽到了各種關於這種奇特傾向的猜測,在一些醫學書籍中被稱爲“geophagy”。[萊爾,“第二次訪問美國”,1850年]

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地球女神,源自希臘語 Gaia,烏拉諾斯的配偶,泰坦的母親, gaia 的擬人化,意爲“大地”(與天堂相對),“陸地”(與海洋相對),“土地,國家,土壤”; 它是 (多利安方言 ga)“地球”的旁系形式,其起源不明,可能來自希臘的一個前印歐語言。羅馬等價的地球女神是 Tellus(見 tellurian),有時在英語中詩意或修辭地用於“擬人化的地球”或“地球作爲行星”。

1560年代,“對不適合食用的物質(如白堊)的病態渴望”,源自中世紀拉丁語 pica “喜鵲”(見 pie(n.2)),可能翻譯自希臘語 kissakitta “喜鵲,松鴉”,也指“虛假的食慾”。連接概念可能是鳥類的不加區分的進食。比較 geophagy

As the magpie eats young birds, here is the bird to keep the sparrows' numbers in check, for it will live in towns and close to dwellings—just the localities sparrows frequent. The magpie's appetite is omnivorous, and it is charged with at times killing weakly lambs, and varying its diet by partaking of grain and fruit; but I never at Home heard any complaints of this bird from the farmers, whilst the gamekeepers had not a good word for it. The bird will eat carrion, so if one were disturbed taking a meal from a dead lamb it would probably be blamed for its death, which may have occurred from natural causes. [A. Bathgate, "The Sparrow Plague and its Remedy," in Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1903]
由於喜鵲會吃幼鳥,所以這是一種可以控制麻雀數量的鳥類,因爲它會生活在城鎮和靠近住宅的地方——正是麻雀經常出沒的地方。喜鵲的食慾是雜食性的,有時會襲擊虛弱的小羊,並通過食用穀物和水果來改變其飲食; 但我從未聽說過農民對這種鳥有任何抱怨,而養鳥人對它並不滿意。這種鳥會吃腐肉,所以如果有人打擾它從死羊身上吃飯,它可能會因其死亡而受到指責,而這可能是由於自然原因導致的。[A. Bathgate,“麻雀瘟疫及其解決方法”,見《新西蘭學會交易》,1903年]
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