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| Adverb | 1. In an august manner.[Websters]
2. In a majestic, sublime, grand, superb or splendid manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a solemn, grave, formal, portentous or serious manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a great, high or important manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a regal or royal manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a proud or olympian manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In an imperial, leonine or jovian manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a magnificent, spectacular, baronial or terrific manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In an eminent, big, massive or tremendous manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective august.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (august) | 1. Of or befitting a lord; "of august lineage".[Wordnet]. 2. Profoundly honored.[Wordnet]. 3. Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority.[Websters]. 4. The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.[Websters]. 5. Being majestic, dignified or imperial.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being stately, noble or statuesque.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being sublime, great or high.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being lofty, lordly, proud, haughty or arrogant.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being glorious or famous.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adjective base of the adverb augustly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "AUGUSTLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references) |
Specialty Definition: august
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| Dream Interpretation | 1: For a young woman to dream that she is going to be married in August, is an omen of sorrow in her early wedded life. 2: To dream of the month of August, denotes unfortunate deals, and misunderstandings in love affairs. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Literature | 1: August The sixth month (beginning from March) was once called sextilis, but was changed to Augustus in compliment to Augustus Caesar of Rome, whose "lucky month" it was, in which occurred many of his most fortunate events. 2: The preceding month (July), originally called Quintilis, had already been changed to Julius in honour of Julius Caesar. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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Common Expressions: august
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| 10 August 2005 helicopter crash near Tallinn | A Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopter of Copterline en route to Helsinki, Finland crashed into the sea near Tallinn, Estonia on August 10 2005, three to four minutes after taking off. On board were two Finnish crew members and 12 passengers: six Finns, four Estonians and two Americans. There were no survivors. The Sikorsky S-76C+ has emergency pontoons for water landings but they were not deployed, and no distress signals were heard before the crash. The reason for the disaster is still unknown. (references) | ||
| 10th of August (French Revolution) | This insurrection and its outcome are most commonly referred to by historians of the Revolution simply as "the 10th of August"; other common designations include "the journée of the 10th of August" (French: journée du 10 août), "the insurrection of the 10th of August", or even "the revolution of the 10th of August". (references) | ||
| 1904 Great August Gale | The 1904 Great August Gale was a hurricane which occurred in Canada in 1904. A surprise hurricane smashed into Nova Scotia killing 53 people and destroying fishing communities and houses. (references) | ||
| Action of 22 August 1696 | On 20 August the north wind dropped and at 5pm the Turks appeared again off the town and opened fire, with little result, before becoming becalmed to the south during the night. On 21 August, the wind was from the north again and Contarini, seeing his chance, sailed, but the wind dropped at about 12pm and he made for the SE end of Andros with what wind there was, there being joined by the galley force which had just arrived from the west, early on 22 August. A slight easterly wind gave Contarini another chance, and he sailed west, the galleys towing the sailing ships, toward the south end of the Turks, who were arranged vaguely in an easterly Turkish line and a westerly African line, but mainly in a group formation, and turned north, coming alongside them with his first 7 ships (Tigre, Rosa, San Andrea, San Lorenzo Giustinian (flag), San Domenico, Fede Guerriera and San Sebastiano) and attacking at about 12pm. At about 2pm the rowing vessels detached and formed a line abreast to the south of the Turks. Both sides' sailing ships formed themselves more or less into lines, and the Turks gradually bore away. At 4pm the wind dropped, and the Venetian rowing vessels, which had cut back through the line, then re-emerged and attacked the Turks in a line abreast. The Turks withdrew after about 2 hours, eventually making their way south to near the island of Syra, whilst the Venetians eventually sailed back to Port Gavrion. Until 1 December the Venetians sailed around looking for the Turkish fleet, when they heard that it had sailed back into the Dardanelles almost 1 month earlier. (references) | ||
| Action of 27 August 1661 | This battle took place on 27 August 1661 near Milos, Greece, and was a victory for Venice and Malta over Turkey. (references) | ||
| Action of 4 August 1799 | The "Action of 4 August 1799" was a naval engagement of between British units of the Second Coalition and forces of the Consulate regime of France. (references) | ||
| Adam Karl August von Eschenmayer | Adam Karl August von Eschenmayer (1768-1852), German philosopher and physician, was born at Neuenburg in Württemberg in July 1768. After receiving his early education at the Caroline academy of Stuttgart, he entered the University of Tübingen, where he received the degree of doctor of medicine. He practised for some time as a physician at Sulz, and then at Kirchheim, and in 1811 he was chosen extraordinary professor of philosophy and medicine at Tübingen. In 1818 he became ordinary professor of practical philosophy, but in 1836 he resigned and took up his residence at Kirchheim, where he devoted his whole attention to philosophical studies. (references) | ||
| Aleksander August Zamoyski | Count Aleksander August Zamoyski (?-1800) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). (references) | ||
| Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein | Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein (1753 - 1816) was a German zoologist. He was the father of Hinrich Lichtenstein. (references) | ||
| Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann | Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802 - 1841) was a German zoologist. He was an extraordinary professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 1835, he founded, together with other scholars, the zoological periodical Archiv für Naturgeschichte also known as "Wiegmann's Archive". (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: august
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| Boeckh, Philipp August | Antiquities | Boeckh, Philipp August. An archaeologist, born November 24th, 1785, at Karlsruhe. He entered the University of Halle in 1803, and was influenced by the remarkable prelections of F. A. Wolf (q.v.) to engage in the study of classical philology, of which he became professor at Heidelberg in 1809, leaving that chair to take the professorship of rhetoric and ancient literature at Berlin, where he lectured for some forty years with extraordinary success. His is one of the greatest names in the history of philology as a science, in that he conceived of it as an organically constituted whole; so that his lectures included grammar (formal and historical), exegesis, archaeology proper, and the study of ancient literature, history, politics, religion, and society. In short, he aimed at an intellectual reproduction of antiquity on all its sides, as essential to a fruitful study of the classics. This view, which excited much opposition for a time, gave an undeniable impetus to profound and accurate scholarship. His great works are an edition of Pindar in 2 vols. (1811- 22); his treatise Die Staathaushaltung der Athener, 2 vols. (1817; third ed., by Frankel, 1886)--a monument of subtle analysis, minute research, and vast learning; his Metrologische Untersuchungen über Gewichte, Münzfusse und Masse des Alterthums (1838); his Urkunden über das Seewesen des attischen Staats (1840); the Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum, of which he began the publication at the cost of the Royal Academy of Berlin, and which has been continued by Franz, Kirchhoff, Curtius, Röhl, and others; editions of the Antigone of Sophocles (1843), and of the fragments ascribed to Philolaüs; besides a collection of lectures, essays, etc., with the title Gesammelte kleine Schriften, 7 vols. (1858-74). He died in Berlin, August 3d, 1867. See Von Leutsch, Phil. Anz. xvi. (1886). (references) | |
| Gules of August | Literature | 1: August 1 is Lammas Day, a quarter-day in Scotland, and half-quarter-day in England. 2: ("Hokeday est dies Martis, qui quindenam Pasch expletam proxime excipit." - Vol. iv. p. 65 col. 1.) 3: " `Gula Augusti' initium mensis Augusti. Le Gule d'August, in statuo Edw. III., a. 31 c. 14, averagium aestivale fleri debet inter Hokedai et gulam Augusti." - Ducange: Glossarium Manuale, vol. iii. p. 866. 4: (The). The 1st of August (from Latin, gula, the throat), the entrance into, or first day of that month. (Wharton: Law Lexicon, p. 332.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Lobeck, Christian August | Antiquities | Lobeck, Christian August. A distinguished Greek scholar, born at Naumburg, June 5, 1781. He was Corrector at Wittenberg, 1802; Professor Extraordinarius, 1810-14; and Professor Ordinarius and Librarian at Königsberg, 1814-60. His principal writings consist of contributions to the study of Greek grammar and mythology, including Paralipomena Grammaticae (2 vols. 1837); Aglaophamus (2 vols. 1829); and Pathologiae Sermonis Graeci Prolegomena (1843). The Aglaophamus treats especially of the Orphic sect and literature, and is a monument of accurate and exhaustive scholarship. He also edited some Greek texts, among them the Ajax of Sophocles, with a good commentary. See Bursian, Geschichte der class. Philologie in Deutschland, p. 572-575, 711- 713 (Berlin, 1883). (references) | |
| Nauck, August | Antiquities | Nauck, August. A classical scholar born at Auerstadt, in Germany, in 1822. He was educated at the University of Halle, and taught for some years at several gymnasia in Berlin. In 1856 he received a position as Member Extraordinary of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, and made that city his home until his death, which occurred in 1892. As a text-critic and editor, Nauck must be ranked among the greatest of the century, and his writings in this field are very numerous. As a controversialist he was often too harsh in his language. The following are his best known works: An edition of the fragments of Aristophanes of Byzantium (1848); the complete works of Euripides, with the fragments (1854; last ed. 1877); an annotated edition of Sophocles based upon Schneidewin (1867); the Odyssey and Iliad of Homer (1874-77); Iamblichus on Pythagoras (1884); select works of Porphyrius (1886); and greatest of all his Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (1856), with a lexicon or rather index (1892). This is now the standard edition. Nauck's writings are enumerated and his life told by Zielinski in his monograph, August Nauck (Berlin, 1894). (references) | |
| Wolf, Friedrich August | Antiquities | Wolf, Friedrich August. A great Homeric scholar, born in Hainrode, in Germany, on February 15th, 1759. He was educated in the University of Göttingen, where he also gave private lessons; and in 1779 removed to Ilfeld, where he became the teacher of a school. In 1782 he was made rector of the public school at Osterode, and in 1783 Professor of Philosophy at the University of Halle, where he remained until the university was closed in 1806, when he removed to Berlin and took an active part in the foundation of the new university in that city, being employed by the Minister of Public Instruction. Wolf had already won a commanding position among the scholars of Germany by his epoch-making Prolegomena in Homerum, prefixed to the second edition of his Homeri et Homeridarum Opera, which appeared in 1795. In it he set forth the so-called Wolfian theory of the origin of the Homeric poems, claiming that the Iliad is made up of a number of ballads and songs which at first existed separately in the verses of different rhapsodists, by whom they were handed down from generation to generation until they were united by Pisistratus in the singer's epic that was afterwards ascribed to Homer. This theory he based upon his assertion that writing was not known at the time of the composition of the poems, and also upon the contradictions and inconsistencies to be detected in the poems themselves. (See Homerus; Rhapsodus.) The Wolfian hypothesis was not original with Wolf himself, having been advanced before his time by other scholars (Casaubon, Vico, Bentley, Hedelin, Perrault, and Wood); but Wolf was the first to present the arguments with sufficient acuteness, logic, and impressiveness to make a profound impression upon the scholarship of the day. Other valuable works of Wolf are his Demosthenis Leptinea, with a most learned introduction (1789); editions of Plato's Symposium; of Hesiod's Theogony; of Cicero's Tusculanae; of several of the Ciceronian Orations (Post Reditum in Senatu, Ad Quirites de Domo Sua, De Haruspicum Responsis, and the Oratio pro Marcello, which Wolf regarded as spurious); of the Clouds of Aristophanes; and of Casaubon's Suetonius. His Kleine Schriften, edited by G. Bernhardy, appeared in 2 vols. in 1869. Wolf died at Marseilles, August 8th, 1824. See Körte, Leben und Studien F. A. Wolf's, 2 vols. (Essen, 1833); Arnoldt, Wolf in seinem Verhältnisse zum Schulwesen und zur Pädagogik, 2 vols. (Brunswick, 1861-62); Bursian, Geschichte der class. Philologie (Munich, 1883); and Jebb's Homer (Glasgow, 1877). cf. the article Textual Criticism. (references) | |
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