contour, lineaments, succor/succour. Media vita in morte sumus

• By mutual succour more are saved than fall;
  In timid flight nor fame nor safety lies.
• V. 531–532 (tr. by Lord Derby).

Few countries will find succour in the latest round of manufacturing data. But Greece fared particularly badly. Its Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 46.9, where 50.0 indicates a growing manufacturing sector. Greek manufacturers have now been contracting for nearly a year. Worse may well be to come http://econ.st/1UAq9Sm

Psalm 34:51599 Geneva Bible (GNV)

5 They [a]shall look unto him, and run to him: and their faces shall not be ashamed, saying,

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 34:5 They shall be bold to flee to thee for succor, when they shall see thy mercies toward me.

"Media vita in morte sumus ; quem quaerimus adjutorem, nisi te Domine, qui pro peccatis nostris juste irasceris? Sancte Deus, sancte fortis, sancte et misericors Salvator, amarae morti ne tradas nos."

"In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death."

Over the past century, the Federal Reserve, America's central bank, has become ever more powerful. To succour the economy, the Fed has in recent years bailed out chunks of Wall Street and taken on new oversight of the financial system, in addition to accumulating over $3 trillion in bonds. Many, including one of its former chairmen, Paul Volcker, worry that the Fed is "getting too big for its breeches" http://econ.st/1a3bkla

Christmas edition archive: Working out is painful and boring. So why bother? To anthropologists of the future, the gym boom may look as much like a sinister cult as a commercial triumph. Gym-going, after all, has all the basic lineaments of a religion. Its adherents are motivated by feelings of guilt, and the urge to atone for fleshly sins http://econ.st/IYrSjO

 

 

'Gryphon'

By CHARLES BAXTER
Reviewed by JOYCE CAROL OATES

Starkness and human isolation lurk beneath the Norman Rockwell contours of Charles Baxter's Midwest stories.

succour

Line breaks: suc|cour

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌkə /

(US succor)

Definition of succour in English:

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

1Assistance and support in times of hardship anddistress:the wounded had little chance of succour

1.1(succours) archaic Reinforcements of troops.

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]

Give assistance or aid to:prisoners of war were liberated and succoured

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latinsuccursus, from Latin succurrere 'run to the help of', from sub- 'from below' + currere 'run'.

colours , lineaments, contour

[名]

1 輪郭, 外郭, 外形；輪郭線；《地理》等高線(contour line)；《音声学》音調曲線(intonation contour)

the contour of mountains
山の輪郭

the contour of a coast
海岸線.

2 ((米))概略, 形勢

the contours of the plan
計画の概略.

━━[動](他)〈地図などに〉等高線を記す；…の輪郭［外形］を描く［つける］；…の輪郭となる；〈道路・鉄道などを〉等高線に沿って敷設する.

━━[形]

1 （丘・谷などの）輪郭を示す, 等高を示す

a contour line
等高線.

2 《農業》等高線に沿って播(は)種［耕作］する

contour farming
（傾斜地の）等高農耕.

［フランス語con-共に＋tornareまわる＝輪郭を描くこと. △TURN］

[形]（…の）輪郭をもった, （特に）美しい輪郭をした((to ...)).

lineament

Syllabification: (lin·e·a·ment)

Pronunciation: /ˈlin(ē)əmənt/

noun

• 1 (usually lineaments) literary a distinctive feature or characteristic, especially of the face.

• 2 Geology a linear feature on the earth’s surface, such as a fault.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin lineamentum, from lineare 'make straight', from linea 'a line' (see line¹)

lineament 

音節

lin • e • a • ment

発音

líniəmənt

lineamentの変化形

lineaments (複数形)

[名]

1 ((しばしば〜s))((形式))顔だち；体つき.

2 ((通例〜s))特徴, 独特の性質.