Middle English Dictionary Entry
ignis n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ignis n. Also ignus. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. Any one of various inflammatory and eruptive diseases of the skin and flesh; ~ grecus, ?erysipelas; ~ persicus, ?anthrax; ~ salvaticus, ~ sacri, ~ sanctus, sacer ~, erysipelas; ~ volaginis, some kind of spreading infection.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)217a/b : Þe leues þerof..quencheþ þe yuel þat hatte ignis saluaticus and Sacer ignis, þe holy fuyre.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)250a/a : The substaunce þerof kepeþ þe yuel þat hatte ignis grecus þat it schal nought quenche.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)208/1 : Ignis persicus is a signe þat þere ben manie pustule þeron & venymous water, & þe pustule ben reed al aboute & ȝelow, & occupieþ al þe lyme.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)26a/b : Sich pusclez..bene of sanguine grosse boilyng & putrefying þat..is cause of carbuncle & prune & ignis persici siue sacri..The carbuncle or pruna or ignis persicus or xanctus.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)114a/b : Serpigines..comonly ar seid derbes & ignis volaginis [L ignis volagius].
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)103a/a : Ignis persicus is a sikenesse in þe whiche þer ben manie pustules fulle of venimous water & alle aboute þis euyl þer is grete redenesse.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)109b/a : Or ellis þis festre þoruȝ his corrosioun myȝte liȝtly be brouȝt into ignus persicus or ellis in to herisipula.
2.
Alch. Any one of various kinds of heat or degrees of heat; ~ candens, ~ corrodens; also, ~ humidus, ?a fire or furnace warming a water bath.
Associated quotations
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)3006 : But for circulacion of elementes Ignis candens obserueth your ententes.
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)3015 : Ignis humidus A nother fyer also is..suche heate disseuereth at certeyne tides matters cleving to vessell sydes.
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)3039 : Ignis Corrodens serueth, in this arte, Elementa propinqua wisely to departe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ignis.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ignis Persicus.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ignis sacer.