The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght

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• ALabandae, a citie in Grece, in the coū∣trey of Ionia.
• Alabandicus, ca, cum, of that citie.
• Alabarches, he that hath the rule ouer s••l•••• and amonge the Egyptians it was an ho∣nourable name.
• Alabaster, & alabastrum, a kynde of marble callyd alabaster.
• Alacriter, promptly, couragiously, gladly.
• ...Alacré, idem.
• Alania, a region of Seithia in Europa, whi∣che stretcheth vnto the greatte termes of Meotis.
• Alani, people callyd also Massage••ae.
• Alaricus, a kynge of Gothes, whyche dy∣stroyed Rome.
• Alarij equites, horsemen, whyche are in the wynges of a battayle.
• Alauorsi, people in the vttermoste parte of the Northe.
• Alba, the name of two cities in Italy.
• Albana, a cite in Arabia. also a region in the east, wherein is also a citie callyd Albania▪
• Albanus, a riuer not farre from the citie of Rome. also the name of two cities, one in Macedonia, the other in Armenia.
• Albanus, a, um, of Alban in Italy. albani pa∣eres, the Senatours of Alba.
• Albegmina, parte of the inward of bestes, which was offred to Dis, callid god of hel.
• Albeuses, people of Alba.
• Albesto, scere, to be white.
• Albicaleull, whyte stones, with the whiche the people of Creta dyd note or mark the dayes, wherin they had good fortune like as they marked yll dayes with blacke stoo∣nes, callyd nigri calculi.
• Albia, a ryuer, whyche passeth through the ••a••ime of Boemia.
• Albiecra, is kynde of olyue tree.
• Alb••••era••••fleus, brode fygges, with a small stalke. Albidus, da, dum, somewhat white
• ...Albing••, ••rowne in Laguria.
• Albi••us, the name of an emporour.
• Albion, the ancient name of England: 〈…〉〈…〉 sonnes of Neptian{us}.
• ...Albi••••, 〈…〉〈…〉, whyche cometh to the citie of 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• Alboga••erus, a hatte, whyche the greatte priestis of Iupiter, callyd Flamines Dialis, dydde weare.
• Albot, albugo, & albumen, the whyte of an egge. albugo, is alsoo a whyte spotte in a mannes eye.
• Albo••••a, shieldes or targates.
• Albula, the olde name of the ryuer of Ti∣ber. also a water in the felde callyd Tibur∣tinus, which was medicinable for fore eien.
• Album plumbum, tynne.
• Albunia, a wodde and fountayne by the ri∣uer callyd Aniene, in Italy.
• Albu••••us, a hyll in Lucania,
• Ale••a, a lyon.
• Alce, a wylde beast in the woddes of Ger∣many, in facion and skyn lyke to a gote, but greter, which haue no iointes in theyr leg∣ges, & therfore they do neuer ly, but only do leane to trees, whan they do rest thē, which the hunters knowyng, doo sawe the trees that they leane to, halfe a sonder, whereby they falle downe, and be taken.
• Alces, a beast in France lyke a mule, but he hath his ouer lyppe so longe, that whā he sedeth, he goth backewarde, or els he can not bi••e of the grasse and herbes, whiche he shulde eate. The horsekynde of them haue hornes on their ouer browes.
• Alceste••seu Alcestis, the wyfe of Admetus the kinge of the people callid Pherei, who being sicke, and hauing answere of the god¦dis, that he shuld escape dethe, if any of his kynne or frondes wold die for him willing∣ly, whan all men and women refused it, only Alceste his wife consented therto, and wil∣lyngly dyed.
• Alcaeus, a famous poete.
• Alchech, in the Araby tongue, is the beast, whiche is callid Linx, whiche is begotten betwene a lyon and a lybarde.
• Alcibrades, a noble capitayne of the Athe∣nienses, whiche in nobilitie, beautie, pro∣wesse, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, & eloquēce, passed al other in his tyme, nat withstandynge his yyçes were accompted equall vnto his vertues.
• ...Alcides, idem quod Hercules.
• Alcinous, the name of a kyng of a peple cal¦lid Phaeaces, excellēt in Iustice, which had a fayre and 〈…〉〈…〉 palyce, with or charde a which ••are most plentuousely fruites ••wyse in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉. A••cman, a famous poete.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉, the mother of Hercules.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉, a cunnynge grauou••••
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉, a good archer of Creta, which beholdynge a dragon redy 〈…〉〈…〉 are his sonne of dyd 〈…〉〈…〉 so craftily, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 as the dragon 〈…〉〈…〉 of the chylde, the arowe passed vnto his harte, and hurte not

• his son, so that the dragon immediatly died.
• Alcyonae, the name of .ii. ladies, wherof the one was wife to Ceisis, who seing the deed body of her husband cast on land, threw her self into the see, whom the poetes fained to be turnid into a bird of that name: the other was doughter of Euene, callid also Marpesia
• Aleatoriū, a dice playing, or a dycyng hous. Suetonuis calleth it aleatorium forum.
• Alebria, thinges whiche do nourishe well.
• Alec, is a sauce made of the liuers of fishes, also a fyshe, callyd a hearyng.
• Alecto, one of the furies of Hell.
• Alectoria, a stone founde in a cockes gysar or mawe, of the greatenes of a beane, of the colour of christall.
• Alemani, peple of Germany, callid Germaīs
• Aleo, aleonis, a dysar, or dyseplayer.
• Aletudo, fattenesse of the body.
• Alexander, the name of a man, specially of a king of Macedony, which conquered al the cast part of the world, and was in prowesse and wysedom incōparable: but being drow∣ned in ouermoche felicitie, he felle into ex∣cedinge pride and crueltie, and was at the laste poysoned, and died in Babylon, exce∣dynge lyttell the age of thirty yeres.
• Alexandria, the name of a great citie in E∣gypt▪ also of dyuere other cities.
• Alexandrinus, na, num, of Alexandria.
• Algenses, fyshes callyd also purpurae.
• Algidense, a kynde of radysshe, longe and clere through.
• Algidus, a mountain .xii. myles from Rome.
• Algida sylua, a wod at the fote of that moū¦tayne. Algo, idem quod algeo.
• Alguasen, an herbe like to a lyly.
• Algus, uel algu, colde.
• Alia, a ryuer .xi. myles from Rome.
• Alias res agis, thou thinkest on other mat∣ters. Vnde anulū istū nactus? di•• mihi, ille ali∣as res agere se simulare, Tel me where gat∣test thou this ryng? he made semblance as yf he thought on an other matter.
• Alicarij, they that do sell alicam.
• Alicariae, common harlottes.
• Alicastrum, a diminutiue of alica.
• Alienatio, an alienation or alteration.
• Alienator, he that altereth a thynge.
• Alienior▪ aetate, of nōage, not of cōpetēs age.
• Alienus animus, Iam primum illum alieno a∣nimo a nobis esse, res, ipsa indicat: The thing▪ selfe declareth, that euen nowe he hath no fauour toward vs, that he is not my frend.
• Alieno more mihi uiuendum est, I must lyue after an other mans facion.
• Aliena consilii, vnmete for the counsell.
• Alienum suis rationibus, vnprofytable for his purpose.
• Alienatus, a, ū, put away altered, estranged.
• Alieu••s agimus, we become strāge vnto thē
• Alimentarius, a, um, pertaining to liuinge or sustinance. Alimonia, idem quod alimentum.
• Alimodi, idem quod aliusmodi, of an nother facion or maner.
• Aliouersum, towarde an other place.
• Aliptes, he that annoynteth a man.
• Aliquis, aliquae, aliquod, some.
• Alirei, Plautus vseth for aliae rei.
• Alisma, an herbe callyd also barba syluana, water plantayne.
• Aliter ac, aliter at{que}, aliter qu••, otherwise thā.
• Alites, byrdes.
• Aliubi, for alicubi, somewhere.
• Aliuta, olde writers vsed for aliter.
• Aliusmodi, ī an other man̄, of an other faciō
• Alligare aliquē furto, to apech one of felony
• Alligare se furti, to charge him self of felony
• Alligatos, he that byndeth.
• Alligatura, a bonde.
• Allobrox, allobrogis, a man or womā of the countray in Fraunce, callyd Dolpheny.
• Allocutio, a speakynge to one.
• Allocutum ire, to commune with one.
• Alloquium, communication, speche.
• ...Aludor, idem quod alludo.
• ...Alluuium, idem quod alluuies. Alluuio, idem.
• Almities, quietenes, secretenes.
• Almopia, parte of Macedonia.
• Aloe, aloes, is vsed cōmonly for a iuyce of an herbe congeled lyke a gūme, wherof be two sortes, one is named Succotrina, which is like a lyuer, redde, bright, & bronkle: the other is callyd Caballina, and is sandy and grosse▪ The fyrste clenseth and confirmeth the stomake of a man, and therfore is mixt with purgatiue medicines, bicause they shal not anoy or hurt the stomake, the last is oc∣cupied about horse and other beastis.
• Aloe lignum, or lignū aloes, is a swete & pre¦cious wod, which beinge receiued in medi∣cine, comforteth the stomake, and all the in∣ferior partis of a mā, & maketh swete breth.
• Alogia, vnreasonable or beastly feding, and ingurgitation of meate and drinke.
• Alopecus, he that hath a pylde heed, that is to say, the heares fallynge with scurse.
• Alosa, a fyshe callyd also Laccia, and Clu∣pea, is that, whiche by the description of Paulus Iouius semeth to be a cheuyn.
• Alphabetarii, they whiche do lerne first the order of letters.
• Alphabetum, the order of letters, as a. b. c.
• Alpheus, a riuer in Archadia, also the name of a manne.
• Alphos, a morphy or staining of the shinne••
• Alpinus, a, ū, of the mountain•• of Alpe••.
• Alpus, pale, carefull, or studious.
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• Alsine maior, an herbe callyd wodbynde.
• Alsine minor, an herbe callyd the seconde mouse eare.
• Alsiosus, a, um, colde of nature▪ also whiche are soone hurt or anoyed with colde.
• Altanus, a wynd, which is on the depe sees.
• Alte, on hygh.
• Altellus, a surname of Romulus the foun∣der of Rome.
• Alter & vicesimus, one and twentie.
• Alter quis{quam}, any other.
• Alteras, olde waiters vsed for alias.
• Altercatio, a contention in wordes, where one man purposeth, an nother replyeth.
• Altercum, siue altercagenum, an herbe cal∣lyd also faba porcina.
• Alterplex, plicis, old writers vsed for duplex double.
• ...Alter••a, idē quod alterutra.
• Altior, altius, hygher.
• Altissimus, ma, mum, hyghest.
• Altimetor, an Instrument wherwith highe thinges are mette.
• Altinū, an old citie by the riuage of Venice.
• Altinates, people of Altinum.
• Altitudo, height, or depenes.
• Altrouersum, on the other parte, or on the other syde.
• Altum otium, longe reste, great leysure.
• Aluini, they whiche haue frettyng in theyr bealyes with contynuall fluxe.
• Alumnatus, nouryshed.
• Alyba, a countraye not farre frome Mis••a, where as Homerus dothe write, were mi∣nes of syluer.
• Alysius, the name of Bacchus.
• Alysina, an herbe callyd water plantayne.

Notes

• Homerus Odyss.
• Plautus.
• Terentius
• Salust.
• Plautus.