The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght

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AT▪ yet, or at the least way▪* 1.1 Si non pro∣piquitatis, at aetatis suae, si nō hominis, at humanitatis rationem haberet, All though he had not consideration of kinred, yet shulde he haue had regarde to his age, and though he caryd not for the person, yet shulde he haue hadde respecte vnto good humanitie.
Arabulus, a feruent wynde, whyche whan it bloweth in the realme of Naples, pesty∣lence immediately insueth.
Atalanta, a mayden, whiche was doughter to the kynge of Argiues, whiche kepynge perpetuall virginitie, haunted forestes and woodes, and dyd slee wylde beastes, & was the fyrste that wounded the greatte bore of Calidonia.
Attalus, a kynge in the lasse Asia, of meruai∣lous rychesse, of whome all magnifyke and stately thynges, are callyd Attalica.
Attamen, but yet.
Atechna, thynges vnkunningly handled.
Ategia, a bouthe, or place made vppe with trees and boughes.
Ater panis, broune breadde.
Atharus, a byrde with foure legges, hauing the longest behynde.
Athanatos, immortall.
Athenae, narum, the citie of Athenes.
Athenaeum, a place at Rome, where all scy∣ences were radde.
Athenodorus, a phylosopher, whiche lefte with Octauian the Emperoure this lesson, whā he toke his leue of him: Roble prince, whā thou art attached with wrath, neither say nor do any thing, vntyl thou hast by thy selfe pervsed the .xxiiii. greke letters, and remembred the order of places where they stand, to thi••••ent that the passion of yre, by withdrawyng the mind to an nother thing, mought languishe and vanishe away.
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Atheromata, lyttell pousshes in the necke, and vnder the armes.
Atheos, he that doth not beleue that god is.
Athesis, a ryuer in Italy that passeth by the cyties of Verona and Tridentum callyd Trente.
Athos, a hylle in Macedonia, of a wonder∣fulle heyght.
Athrax, a citie in Thessalia.
Athracia ars, arte magike.
Atlanticae insulae, the yles callyd nowe fortu∣natae, where fruite and herbes doo growe without labour.
Atlantides, the doughters of Atlas, alsoo certayne sterres.
Atlas, Atlantis, the name of a kynge, whi∣che fyrste taughte the course of sterres, and therfore it was fayned of hym, that he susteyned heuen on his sholders. It is also the name of a hylle in Barbaria, highe and small, that it perceth the cloudes.
Atlantes, Moores dwelling about that hyl.
Atocion, a medicyne, which maketh a wo∣man to be barrayne.
Atocius, a certayne spyder which is heary.
* 1.2At{que}, than. Illi sunt alio ingenio at{que} tu, They be of an nother maner of wytte than thou art. Non Appollinis magis verum, at{que} hoc responsum est, Appolloes aunswere was neuer truer than this is.
* 1.3At{que} adeo, and that more is. Esurio hercle, at{que} adeo nunc haud parum sirio, I am hun∣grye, and that more is, I am a thyrste not a lyttelle.
At{que} eccum, but lo where he is.
Atractilis, an herbe, hauing a longe stemme and rough, with long leaues growyng by the toppe, the residue without leaues, the toppe full of prickes, and a yelowe floure, women were wonte to make spyndelles of the stalkes therof.
Atricapilla, a byrde, with blacke fethers on the crowne of his heed.
Atrifer, a rushe that beareth a blacke sede.
Atriolum, a lyttell ynner court.
Atriplex, an herbe callyd orache or arage.
Atritas, blackenesse.
Atrophia, an affecte or discra••ye, wherin the body can nat be nouryshed with any thing but consumeth with leannesse.
Atrophus, he that hath that affecte.
Atropos, one of the fatall ladies, whyche is fayned to breake the threde of lyfe: it is somtyme put for necessitte of dethe.
Atta, is he that gothe so on the soles of his fete, that he swepeth the grounde, rather than walketh.
Attagen, & attagena, a byrd, whiche is foūd in Ionia, and is very delycate, and hathe fethers of sondry colours, and beynge at large, is alwaye syngynge o•• chatteringe, whan he is taken, he maketh no noyse, nor semeth to haue any voic••. They ar decei∣ued that take hym for a woodcocke.
Attalica toga, a gowne of tynsette.
Attelanae fabulae, were comedies or enterlu∣des, whiche onely were ••iestes and mery scoffes, or bourdynges.
Attelae, a citie nygh to Naples.
Attentu••, he that hereth diligētly, attentiue.
Attentus ad rem, carefull to get goodes.
Attero, triui, terere, to rubbe against a thing.
Atterere famam,* 1.4 Post ubi ••orum famam at{que} pudorem attriuerat, maiora alia imperabat, After that he hadde made theym consume their good name and honestie, he set them in hande with other greatter attemptatis.
Attica, a countray in Grece, wherin stoode the famous citie of Athenes, the nourice of all scyences.
Attice, an aduerbe, sygnifyenge in the elo∣quence of speche of Athenes.
Atticismus, the fourme of that speche.
Atticisso, sere, to speake lyke an Atheniense.
...Attigo, idem quod attingo.
Attilus, a fysshe, whyche is in the ryuer of Po, very gret, and with longe rest waxeth meruaylous fatte, which Franciscus Phi∣lelphus supposed to be a sturion, but that is denied by Iouius, which affirmeth that he is greatter than a sturion, and vnlyke to hym in fourme, taste, and price.
Attingit me sanguine, he is nigh of my blod.* 1.5
Attingere senectam, to come to greate age.
Attingere partes naturae,* 1.6 to com to the know∣lege of naturall causes.
Attingere studia, to sauour of letters.
Attingitur, it is nyght.
Attondeo, attondêre, to clyppe or sheare a thynge nygh.
Attondere arbores, to shrede trees.* 1.7
Attondere auro, to rydde one of his money, to take all away from hym.
Attributus, ta, tum, attributed.
Attributa pecunia, moneye delyuered to be gyuen to an nother manne.