Middle English Dictionary Entry
etī̆k n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | etī̆k n.(1) Also ethik. |
| Etymology | OF ethique; LL ēthica (scientia), from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The science or principles of human conduct, ethics; (b) a particular system of ethics, a discussion of moral principles; esp., the ethical treatises of Aristotle (often pl.).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.363 : Ethik [vr. etyk], þat is, þe sciens of þewes.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1651 : Etique..The whos science stant proclamed To teche of vertu thilke reule, How that a king himself schal reule Of his moral condicion.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)9/11 : So cloþe he him wiþ vertues, þat of him mai arise good fame & name; & þis techiþ etik.
b
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)171/4 : Arystotle, in the iiije boke of Ethic, descreuyth the hardy in thys maner.
- ?a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.Dan.(Cld E.2)11.36 : The filosofore in j book of Etikis clepith fleisli liyf, ether lustful liyf, beestli liyf.
- a1475(1450) Scrope DSP (Bod 943)154/17 : [Aristotle] componede..the book of Etiques.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)166 : Vertu is the mene, As Etik seith.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)71 : This is that Aristotle seith in etiques.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)61/11 : Aristotil, which in his vje book of etikis nombriþ wijsdom for oon of þe intellectual..vertues.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)119 : As the philosepher saith in his Eytikes.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.205 : This Cato..made a science moralle whiche is callede the etike of Cato, of whom that litelle boke vsede to be redde to childer in scoles is abstracte.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.363 : Aristotille did not absteyne from makenge of bokes when he wente with kynge Alexander..for in that tyme he..added to the etikes felicite.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)11868 : Go, red Ethikes, wher thow shalt se..Vertu set ay in myd place.