paragonの意味・使い方・発音

paragon

英 ['pærəg(ə)n] 美 ['pærəɡɑn]

パラゴン。

イタリア語のparagoneから、砥石、試金石、para-, beside, around, -ag, pointed, grinding, PIE*akから、尖った、鋭い、語源的にはacid, acridと同じ。

paragon: paragon: [16] When we say someone is a ‘paragon of virtue’ – a perfect example of virtue, able to stand comparison with any other – we are unconsciously using the long-dead metaphor of ‘sharpening’ them against others. The word comes via archaic French paragon and Italian paragone from medieval Greek parakónē ‘sharpening stone, whetstone’. Thīs was a derivative of parakonan, a compound verb formed from pará ‘alongside’ and akonan ‘sharpen’ (a descendant of the same base, *ak- ‘be pointed’, as produced English acid, acute, etc), which as well as meaning literally ‘sharpen against’ was also used figuratively for ‘compare’.
=> acid, acute, eager, oxygen
paragon (n.): 1540s, from Middle French paragon "a model, pattern of excellence" (15c., Modern French parangon), from Italian paragone, originally "touchstone to test gold" (early 14c.), from paragonare "to test on a touchstone, compare," from Greek parakonan "to sharpen, whet," from para- "on the side" (see para- (1)) + akone "whetstone," from PIE root *ak- "sharp, pointed" (see acrid).

1. He was not a paragon .He would never be perfect.: 彼は完全な人間ではなく、完全無欠ではあり得ない。

3.He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.

彼は品格が完璧である模範とされている。

4.Man is the paragon of animals.

人は万物の霊である。