Значення

значень: 4
  1. (Greek)A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

    Chimäre

    химе́раximéra

  2. A fire-spewing mountain in Lycia or Cilicia, presumed to be an ancient name for the Yanartaş region of Turkey's Antalya Province.

  3. (історичне)Former name of Himara, a port town in southern Albania.

  4. (історичне)Former name of Ceraunian Mountains, the Albanian mountain range near Himara.

Приклади

речень: 3
  1. Sometimes I found myself doubting whether it was not all some dream or some strange chimera of my unbalanced brain.

  2. Death is a chimera: because while I exist, death does not exist; and when there is death, I no longer exist.

  3. Genetic testing revealed that the man was a chimera, having 2 different sets of DNA in different parts of his body.

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Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon:
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Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon:

Походження

As the mythological beast, a variant case form of chimera, q.v. As an ancient mountain, di

As the mythological beast, a variant case form of chimera, q.v. As an ancient mountain, directly from Latin mons Chimaera (“Mount Chimera”), from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira), attested in Strabo.

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