1614, in the meaning definedabove Verb 1698, in the meaning defined atsense 1 Time Traveler The first known use ofpamphleteerwas in 1614 See more words from the same year Rhymes forpamphleteer auctioneer bandelier belvedere bombardier brigadier ...
In any case, Libanius’ speech pivoted around βαρύς, an adjective whose meaning had a very wide semantic range10. In Or. 2, however, the sophist makes clear what βαρύς meant for him (Or. 2.17): “I suppose that any benefactor who keeps harping on his kindness is ...
In any case, Libanius’ speech pivoted around βαρύς, an adjective whose meaning had a very wide semantic range10. In Or. 2, however, the sophist makes clear what βαρύς meant for him (Or. 2.17): “I suppose that any benefactor who keeps harping on his kindness is ...
The sophist, therefore, resemantized the meaning of βα ύς, so in Or. 2 "tiresome" did not have negative connotations but came to mean a (Or. 2.17) "benefactor who keeps harping on his kindness". In this way, being labelled as βα ύς gave Libanius the opportunity to ...