muses

Определение muses в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: the nine goddesses of the liberal arts; Nine daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, goddesses of poetry, history, and other arts and sciences The paintings of Herculaneum show all nine in their respective attributes In the National-Museum of Paris is the famous collection with which Pius VI enriched the Vatican Lesueur left a celebrated picture of the same subject; William Bullokar's English dictionary (1616) explains them as "The feyned goddesses of poetry, and musicke, which were nine in number and daughters vnto Iupiter and Mnemosyne: Their names were Cleio, Melpomene, Thaleia, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Erato, Calliope, Vrania and Polymneia "; Nine Greek mythological goddesses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory) Each muse patronized a specific area of the liberal arts and sciences Calliope presided over epic poetry, Clio over history, Erato over love poetry, Euterpe over music or Lyric Poetry, Melpomene over tragedy, Polyhymnia over hymns to the gods, Terpsichore over dance, Thalia over Comedy, and Urania over astronomy Poets and writers traditionally made appeals to the Muses for inspiration in their work John Milton invokes the aid of a muse at the beginning of the first book of his Paradise Lost: Of Man's First disobedience, and the Fruitof the Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tasteBrought Death into the World, and all our woe,With loss of Eden, till one greater ManRestore us, and regain the blissful Seat,Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret topof Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspireThat Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and EarthRose out of Chaos; The nine goddesses who inspire the arts; third-person singular of muse; In Greek mythology, the nine goddesses who presided over various arts and sciences They are led by Apollo as god of music and poetry, and usually include Callipe Muse of Epic, Poetry, Clio, Muse of History; Erato, Muse of Love Poetry; Euterpe, Muse of Music; Melpomene, Must of Tragedy; Polybymnia, Muse of Sacred Music; Terpsichore, Muse of Dancing; Thalia, Muse of Comedy; and Urania, Muse of Astronomy; plural of muse
muse: To say (something) with due consideration or thought
muse: An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness
still he sate long time astonished / As in great muse, ne word to creature spake.
muse: A poet
muse: To become lost in thought, to ponder
muse: A source of inspiration
muse: {v} to ponder, think close, pause, wonder
muse: {n} the power of poetry, deep thought, study
Muse: One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts
Muse: {i} poet's source of inspiration; (Greek Mythology) any of nine goddesses who are associated with inspiration and creativity for the arts (poetry, music, fine art, etc.)
The Muses: pierides
muse: One kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence See also: MOO, MUD
muse: One kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence Acronym stands for Multi-User Simulated Environment
muse: To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate
muse: To wonder at
muse: (Multi-User Simulated Environment) -- One kind of MUD -- usually with little or no violence See Also: MOO , MUD
muse: A project for music content, which is 50% funded by the European Commission as part of the ESPRIT programme
muse: To think on; to meditate on
muse: (Multi-User Simulated Environment)-- One kind of MUD, usually with little or no violence See Also: MOO , MUD
muse: A particular power and practice of poetry
muse: Gk muse: in the pantheon, they are the Greek art deities
muse: {f} ponder on reflectively, meditate on something in silent wonder, think about pensively
muse: (n ) See also MUD Acronym for Multi User Simulated Environments Another specific implementation of a MUD system, hosted at BBN/GTE Internetworking, MUSEs support multiple participants collaborating in real time to construct a virtual world
muse: A gap or hole in a hedge, hence, wall, or the like, through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset
muse: A muse is a person, usually a woman, who gives someone, usually a man, a desire to create art, poetry, or music, and gives them ideas for it. Once she was a nude model and muse to French artist Henri Matisse. In Greco-Roman religion and myth, any of a group of sister goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory). A festival was held in their honour every four years near Mount Helicon, the centre of their cult in Greece. They probably began as the patron goddesses of poets, though later their range was extended to include all the liberal arts and sciences. Nine Muses are usually named: Calliope (heroic or epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric or love poetry), Euterpe (music or flutes), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (sacred poetry or mime), Terpsichore (dancing and choral song), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy)
muse: (Multi-User Simulated Environment) -- One kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence See Also: MOO, MUD
muse: One of the nine daughters of Zeus who preside over the arts and inspire humankind in Greek mythology (Webster's)
muse: One of the nine goddesses who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; often used in the plural
muse: Wonder, or admiration
muse: One kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence
muse: If you muse on something, you think about it, usually saying or writing what you are thinking at the same time. Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President `As a whole,' she muses, `the `organized church' turns me off' He once mused that he would have voted Labour in 1964 had he been old enough. + musing musings mus·ing His musings were interrupted by Montagu who came and sat down next to him
muse: One kind of MUD, usually with little or no violence
muse: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
muse: in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
muse: (Multi-User Simulated Environment) -- One kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence See Also: MOO , MUD
muse: To be absent in mind; to be so occupied in study or contemplation as not to observe passing scenes or things present; to be in a brown study
muse: the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse" in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
muse: (Multi-User Shared Environment) -- A kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence See Also: MOO , MUD
muse: Multi-User Simulated Environment -- One kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence Related Topic: MOO , MUD [Back to The Top]
muse: the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"
muse: One kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence See also: MUD
muse: A poet; a bard
muse: Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes; absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study
muse: To wonder
muse: (Multi-User Simulated Environment)
muse: (Gk- a Muse, music, eloquence; pron myooz): in Greek mythology, a goddess of artistic inspiration; any of the nine nymphs or inferior divinities who supervised and inspired the fine and liberal arts, including history, poetry, comedy, music,dancing, rhetoric, sacred hymns, and harmony
when the guns roar the muses are silent: it is difficult to be creative during wartime; physical mundane existence hinders creative energy and ideas

muses

Турецкое произношение

myuzız

Произношение

/ˈmyo͞ozəz/ /ˈmjuːzəz/

Этимология

[ 'myüz ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French muser to gape, idle, muse, from muse mouth of an animal, from Medieval Latin musus.