posthumous

英 ['p?stj?m?s] 美['pɑst??m?s]

TEM8IELTSTOEFL低頻詞暢通詞匯

副詞:?posthumously;

1. post- 后 + hum 土，埋藏，引申為死→死后的。

posthumous 死后

來自拉丁語postumus,最后生的，老幺，來自post,在后，-um,最高級后綴，詞源同maximum,minimum.后詞義和拼寫同時受humere（埋葬，入土，詞源同humus）影響而俗化。

posthumous: posthumous: [17] Latin postumus functioned as a superlative form of post ‘after’, and meant ‘last of all’. It was often applied to a child ‘born after the death of its father’, as being the final offspring that man could possibly have, and so began to pick up associations with the ‘period after death’. This led in turn to the perception of a link with humus ‘ground’ (source of English humble and humus) and humāre ‘bury’, and so postumus became posthumus. English adapted it direct from Latin.
posthumous (adj.): mid-15c., "born after the death of the originator" (author or father), from Late Latin posthumus, from Latin postumus "last, last-born," superlative of posterus "coming after, subsequent" (see posterior). Altered in Late Latin by association with Latin humare "to bury," suggesting death; the one born after the father's death obviously being the last. An Old English word for this was ?fterboren, literally "after-born." Related: Posthumously.

3. His family and supporters have campaigned for many years for a posthumous pardon.: 他的家人和支持者為爭取其獲得身后赦免而開展了多年的運動。

4. Today awarded posthumous Order of Conspicuous Merit , Second Class.: 由于功勛卓著, 今天授予二等功.