Middle English Dictionary Entry
aristoloǧīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | aristoloǧīe n. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. astrologie (2).
1.
One of a group of medicinal plants [?belonging to the Aristolochiaceae, ?to the Cyperaceae]; long ~, ~ rotunde, ~ the round, etc.
Associated quotations
- [ ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)66.2/1 : De Astrologia..ȝenim þa wyrt þe man aristoliam, & oþrum nama smeriewyrt, nemneð. ]
- [ a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)11 : Aristologia i. paciens, alia longa, alia rotunda, quando simpliciter rotunda. ]
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1413 : His herbe is Aristologie, Which folweth his Astronomie.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)215b/b : Aristologia is a ful medicinal herbe..þerof is twey manere kynde: longe and rounde, & eyþer is hoot and druye, and þe roote is more medicinal þan þe leues.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)88/20 : Þese medicyns ben sumwhat more driere: yrios, aristologie rotunda.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)157a/b : Take..of aristologia [*Ch.(1): aristologie rotunde] i. englisshe galengale.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)189b/a : Take..of aristologia longea.
- ?a1450 Lanfranc (Add 12056)99/26 : R[ecipe]..Aristologie Ibrende.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)73/8 : Take myrre..and aristoligye rounde.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)325/735,741 : Of aristologij arn spicis to, þe longe and þe rownde also: To medicinis beter is þe rownde..Aristologij þe rownde..is teld þe male.