…Pearls were brought from Persia and India by the armies of the great kings, and were generally used as ornaments from the late Ptolemaic period. The English word pearl comes from the Latin perna (a type of shell), but Latin writers mostly used the Greek word margarita, and Pliny the Elder was no different. In Book IX of Pliny's Natural History, he writes, "In the season of conception, the shell opens its mouth and draws in the dew that falls from the sky. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "margarita" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…大王の軍隊がペルシア,インドから将来したもので,装身具として一般に使用されたのはプトレマイオス朝後期からである。英語のパールはラテン語の〈ペルナperna〉(貝の一種)からきているが,ラテン作家はもっぱらギリシア語系の〈マルガリタmargarita〉を使っており,大プリニウスもその点では同様である。プリニウスの《博物誌》第9巻には,〈受胎の季節になると貝は口をあけ,天から降ってくる露を吸いこむ。… ※「margarita」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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