allegory

• n. 寓話

根源のalleはalで、異なる、他；elseを参照。もともとは、人前で話すときの皮肉な修辞法。

allegory

allegory: [14] Etymologically, allegory means ‘speaking otherwise’. It comes from a Greek compound based on allos ‘other’ (which is related to Latin alius, as in English alibi and alias, and to English else) and agoreúein ‘speak publicly’ (derived from agorá ‘(place of) assembly’, which is the source of English agoraphobia and is related to gregarious). Greek allēgorein ‘speak figuratively’ produced the noun allēgorīā, which passed into English via Latin and French.
=> aggregate, agoraphobia, alias, alibi, else, gregarious

allegory (n.)

late 14c., from Old French allegorie (12c.), from Latin allegoria, from Greek allegoria "figurative language, description of one thing under the image of another," literally "a speaking about something else," from allos "another, different" (see alias (adv.)) + agoreuein "speak openly, speak in the assembly," from agora "assembly" (see agora).

1. The play is being widely read as an allegory of imperialist conquest.

このドラマは帝国主義征服に対する風刺として広く解読されている。

2.The poem 's comic allegory was transparent.

この詩の喜劇風刺法は明らかである。

3.the poet 's use of allegory

詩人の風刺手法

4.The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history.

この本はラテンアメリカの歴史に対する風刺である。

5.The play can be read as allegory .

このシナリオは寓話として読むことができます。