lucubration 的词源

1590年代，“密切研究或思考”；1610年代，“这种研究或思考的产物，过于精心 elaboration 的文学作品”，来自拉丁语 lucubrationem（主格 lucubratio）“夜间学习，夜间工作”，名词，源自过去分词词干 lucubrare，字面意思是“在人工光源下工作”，来自词干 lucere “发光”，源自 PIE 根 *leuk- “光，亮度”的后缀（重复）形式。相关词：Lucubrations。

The current story in antiquity was that Aeschylus had been killed near Gela in Sicily by a tortoise dropt on his head by an eagle, which mistook the bald shiny pate of the venerable poet for a stone, and hoped to smash the tortoise on it. See Biographi Graeci, ed. Westermann, p. 120 ; Aelian Nat. Anim. vii. 16 ; Suidas, s.v. Αίσχύλοσ ; Valerius Maximus, ix. 12. Ext. 2. This important topic has produced the usual crop of learned dissertations. The late Professor F. G. Welcker gravely discussed it by the help of ornithological information derived from Aesop's fables, notes of travel made by the professor himself on the supposed scene of the catastrophe, and statistics as to the number of bald-headed men in antiquity. The interesting inquiry has since been prosecuted by other scholars with equal judgment and learning. The reader who desires to peruse these ponderous lucubrations should consult Rheinisches Museum, N.F. 7 (1850), pp. 139-144, 285 sq ; id., 9 (1854), pp. 148-155, 160* ; id., 37 (1882), pp. 308-312 ; Fleckeisen's Jahrbücher, 26 (1880), pp. 22-24 ; Welcker, Antike Denkmäler, 2. pp. 337-346. [J.G. Frazer, notes to Pausanias's "Description of Greece," 1898]

古代流传的故事是，埃斯库罗斯在西西里岛的盖拉附近被一只鹰掉落在他头上的乌龟杀死，这只鹰将这位尊敬的诗人的光头误认为石头，想要用它砸碎乌龟。参见 Biographi Graeci, ed. Westermann, p. 120 ; Aelian Nat. Anim. vii. 16 ; Suidas, s.v. Αίσχύλοσ ; Valerius Maximus, ix. 12. Ext. 2. 这个重要的话题产生了许多学术论文。已故的 F. G. Welcker 教授通过从伊索寓言中获得的鸟类学信息，以及他自己在假定灾难现场的旅行笔记，和关于古代秃头人数的统计数据，严肃地讨论了这个问题。此后，其他学者也以同样的判断力和学识继续了这个有趣的研究。希望阅读这些沉重的 lucubrations 的读者，应参考 Rheinisches Museum, N.F. 7 (1850), pp. 139-144, 285 sq ; id., 9 (1854), pp. 148-155, 160* ; id., 37 (1882), pp. 308-312 ; Fleckeisen's Jahrbücher, 26 (1880), pp. 22-24 ; Welcker, Antike Denkmäler, 2. pp. 337-346. [J.G. Frazer, notes to Pausanias's "Description of Greece," 1898]

[Thompson ("Glossary of Greek Birds," 1895) 写道，罪魁祸首“显然是一只 Lämmergeier”，并且为了其以乌龟为食的倾向，他引用了 Tristram, "Fauna and Flora of Palestine," 1884.]