parergon
/pa-rur-gon/US // pæˈrɜr gɒn //UK // (pəˈrɛəɡɒn) //
伞状物,伞兵,伞状花序,伞房
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural par·er·ga [pa-rur-guh]. /pæˈrɜr gə/.
- : something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
- : work undertaken in addition to one's principal work.
Examples
Parergon, pa-rėr′gon, n. a by-work, any work subsidiary to another.
Ei d toutous ektrapomenos exelenchoimi, meizon an moi to parergon tou ergou genoito.
Two lines on ploughing are quoted from ‘liber parergon,’ i., but it is not certain whether this is an independent work.
By 1595 the number of maps had increased to 119, including a Parergon or supplement of 12 maps illustrating ancient history.
Sometimes this making or doing was their profession; sometimes it was a parergon carried on deliciously in leisure hours.
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