epatica - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

epatica n.

Forms	epatica n.
Etymology	L hepatica, from Gr.

Anat. The basilic vein; also, a dorsal vein of the right hand.

a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)158/23,25 : Þat veyne passiþ byneþe the arm to þe elbowe, & þere sche may be seen; & he is clepid basilica or ellis epatica, & aftirward he strecchiþ bi þe neþir partie of þe arm to þe hond, bitwene þe litil fyngir & þe leche fiyngir, & sche is clepid saluatella or ellis epatica in þe riȝthond, & in þe lifthand splenatica.

A disease, a kind of flux caused by disorder of the liver.

(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)94a/b : In þat euel [flux] þe guttis beþ Ikut and korue..som tyme of euel disposicioun of þe lyuour and hatte Epatica.
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)94b/a : Epatica may vnneþe be curid.
c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)82b : Drinke þere of and hit doþ a-way all gnawynge evill..of þe lyuer that ys called epatica.

Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha.

[ a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)57/19 : Epatica uel empatica crescit in saxis..et uidetur quasi frustula membrane inherentia: anglice, a liureuurt. ]
?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)177b/b : Epatica is an herbe..lyuerwort.
?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)47a/a : When þe hete in þe lyuer is out of nature be þer added endiue scariolus cicorea & epatica [*Ch.(2): lyuerwort].
?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)152a/a : He schal take..lymayle..with wyne of þe sethynge epatica i.e. lyuerwort terrestris [L decoctionis epatice terrestris].

c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)32b/b : Thus þanne þer beþ in þe arme v veynes, þat is to seye, dorsalis, epatica, fynys, cephalica, & cardiaca.

Note: Supplementary material.

Note: Quot. belongs to sense 1. Modify gloss: Anat. One of the major veins in the arm, the basilic vein; also, a dorsal vein of the right hand.

Note: Form section: Also empatica.--notes per MLL

Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. epatica.