reptile

• reptile; 下劣な
• n.爬虫類；下劣な人

ラテン語のrepere（這う）、-t（過去分詞格）、PIE*rep（這う）から。

reptile (n.)

late 14c., "creeping or crawling animal," from Old French reptile (early 14c.) and directly from Late Latin reptile, noun use of neuter of reptilis (adj.) "creping, crawling," from rept-, past participle stem of repere "to crawl, creep," from PIE root *rep- "to creep, crawl" (cognates: Lithuanian replioju "to creep"). Used of persons of low character from 1749.

Precise scientific use began to develop mid-18c., but the word was used as well at first of animals now known as amphibians, including toads, frogs, salamanders; separation of Reptilia (1835 as a distinct class) and Amphibia took place early 19c.; popular use lagged, and reptile still was used late 18c. with sense "An animal that creeps upon many feet" [Johnson, who calls the scorpion a reptile], sometimes excluding serpents.

And the terrestrial animals may be divided into quadrupeds or beasts, reptiles, which have many feet, and serpents, which have no feet at all. [Locke, "Elements of Natural Philosophy," 1689]

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An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at ev'ning in the public path ;
But he that has humanity, forewarn'd,
Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.
[Cowper, "The Task," 1785]

The Old English word for "reptile" was slincend, related to slink.

1. Mammals arose from a fairly primitive reptile in the Mesozoic era.

哺乳類は中生代から原始的な爬虫類のように起源している。

2.Rise，and don 't degrade youself into an abject reptile .

起きて、自分を卑しい爬虫類に卑下してはいけない。

3.The land is teeming with reptile life.

この土地には多くの爬虫類がいる。

4.The frog is not a true reptile .

カエルは本物の爬虫類ではない.

5.So you should not be surprised to see someone keep a reptile as a pet.

なので、ペットとして爬虫類を飼っている人がいることに驚く必要はありません。dd>
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