ancient

• adj.古代; 古い、時代遅れ; 年老いた
• n. 古代; 古い時代

anteの語源、前の、古代の。

ancient

ancient: [14] Like antique, ancient was originally, in Latin, an adjectivized version of the adverb and preposition ‘before’: to ante ‘before’ was added the adjective suffix -ānus, to produce the adjective *anteānus ‘going before’. In Old French this became ancien, and it passed into English via Anglo-Norman auncien. The final -t began to appear in the 15th century, by the same phonetic process as produced it in pageant and tyrant. The now archaic use of ancient as ‘standard, flag’ and as ‘standard-bearer’ (as most famously in Shakespeare’s ‘ancient Pistol’) arose from an alteration of ensign.
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ancient (adj.)

mid-14c., auncyen, from Old French ancien "old, long-standing, ancient," from Vulgar Latin *anteanus, literally "from before," adjectivization of Latin ante "before, in front of, against" (from PIE *anti "against," locative singular of *ant- "front, forehead;" see ante). The parasitic -t dates from 15c. by influence of words in -ent.

Specifically, in history, "belonging to the period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire" (and contrasted with medieval and modern). In English law, "from before the Norman Conquest." Ancient of Days is from Dan. vii:9. Related: Anciently.

ancient (n.)

"standard-bearer," 1550s, a corruption of ensign. Archaic, but preserved in Shakespeare's character Aunchient Pistoll in "Henry V."

1. The journey ends in the ancient city of Marrakesh.

旅行のゴールはマラケシュ古城です。

2.They held his fate in the palms of their ancient hands.

彼らは彼の運命を手の中に握っている。

3. Ancient civilizations believed in the curative powers of fresh air and sunlight.

大昔文明は新鮮な空気と日光が病気を治す効果があると信じていた。

4.Each one of these ancient towns is hauntingly beautiful.

これらの古い町はどれも忘れられないほど美しい。

5.Dogs were also associated with healing in the ancient world.

古代では、犬も病気の治療に関連していた。