smite
意味
- 《古・文》(手・武器などで)…の(…を)強く打つ《+名+on+名》
- 《文》〈病気・災難などが〉…をどんと襲う
- 《通例受動態に用いて》〈感情・恐怖などが〉…を激しく襲う《+名+by(with)+名》
例文
They say the gods smite evil with thunderbolts.
諸神は悪を雷で打つという。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan (“to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute”), from Proto-West Germanic *smītan, from Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to sling; throw; smear”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, whisk, strike, rub”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian smiete (“to throw, toss”), West Frisian smite (“to throw”), Dutch smijten (“to fling, hurl, throw”), German Low German smieten (“to throw, chuck, toss”), German schmeißen (“to fling, throw”), Danish smide (“to throw”), Swedish smita (“to run off (to)”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bismeitan, “to besmear, anoint”).