antiquity

See also Antiquity

English

Etymology

From Middle English antiquytee, from Old French antiquité, from Latin antiquitas, from antiquus; see antique, antic. Compare with French antiquité.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ænˈtɪk.kwʌ.ti/

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Noun

antiquity (plural antiquities)

1. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past

   Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity.

2. The ancients; the people of ancient times.

   That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has avowed. --Sir W. Raleigh.

3. (obsolete) An old gentleman.

   You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. --B. Jonson.

4. (often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.

Related terms

ancient antic antique

antiquary antiquarian antiquated

Translations

ancient times

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: античност (bg) (antičnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古代 (cmn) (gǔdài)

• Czech: antika (cs) f
• Dutch: oudheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: antikveco (eo)
• Finnish: antiikki (fi)
• French: Antiquité (fr) f
• German: Antike (de) f
• Hungarian: antikvitás (hu), ókor (hu)

• Italian: antichità (it) f
• Japanese: 昔 (ja) (むかし, mukashi), 古代 (ja) (こだい, kodai)
• Latvian: senatne (lv) f
• Luxembourgish: Antiquitéit (lb) f
• Polish: antyk m
• Portuguese: antiguidade (pt) f
• Romanian: antichitate (ro) f
• Russian: древность (ru) (drévnost’) f , старина (ru) (stariná) f 
• Serbo-Croatian: antika (sh) f
• Spanish: antigüedad (es) f
• Swedish: antiken (sv) c

the ancients

• Czech: antika (cs) f
• French: Antiquité (fr) f
• Hungarian: ókoriak (hu)

• Portuguese: antiguidade (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: antika (sh) f

old gentleman

relic or monument of ancient times

• French: antiquité (fr) f

• Swedish: antikvitet (sv) c

External links

• antiquity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• antiquity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911