英语词汇brutus的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Brutus; Et tu Brute? Marcus Junius Brutus (ca. 85–42 b.c.) was, of course, the principal assassin of Julius Caesar and a Brutus is any treacherous person, especially a former friend. Et tu Brute (“You too, Brutus?”), Caesar’s last words when he glimpsed his friend, is among the most familiar of quotations. History holds two opinions of Brutus. One claims that he con- spired with Cassius to save the republic from Caesar’s tyranny. The other suggests that his reputation as a moneylender and his friendship with the self-seeking Cassius prove that his mo- tives were far more crass. Two years after he took part in Cae- sar’s assassination, Brutus committed suicide, following a battle at Philippi that the republicans lost to Mark Antony and Octa- vian (later Augustus Caesar). A brutus, without the capital, is both a rough, cropped wig and a bronze variety of chrysanthe- mum, the origin of these terms unknown.

词汇	brutus
词源	Brutus; Et tu Brute? Marcus Junius Brutus (ca. 85–42 b.c.) was, of course, the principal assassin of Julius Caesar and a Brutus is any treacherous person, especially a former friend. Et tu Brute (“You too, Brutus?”), Caesar’s last words when he glimpsed his friend, is among the most familiar of quotations. History holds two opinions of Brutus. One claims that he con- spired with Cassius to save the republic from Caesar’s tyranny. The other suggests that his reputation as a moneylender and his friendship with the self-seeking Cassius prove that his mo- tives were far more crass. Two years after he took part in Cae- sar’s assassination, Brutus committed suicide, following a battle at Philippi that the republicans lost to Mark Antony and Octa- vian (later Augustus Caesar). A brutus, without the capital, is both a rough, cropped wig and a bronze variety of chrysanthe- mum, the origin of these terms unknown.
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