Middle English Dictionary Entry
artetīk, -ica adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | artetīk, -ica adj. & n. Also arth(r)etik, aretik. |
| Etymology | OF goute artetique & ML gutta artetica; cp. CL arthrītic-us (from Gr.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Arthritic, rheumatic; arthritis, rheumatism; goute ~, arthritis, gout.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)96b/a : Arthetica is ache and euel in fingres and tone wiþ swellinge & sore ache; and whanne hit is in þe fyngres hit hatte cyragra, and in þe toone, hit hatte podagra..in þe whirlebones and ioyntes..sciatica passio; and comeþ of colerik blood & of fleumatik humour, & comeþ most ofte of reumatik cause.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)210/27 : I am comen hom, mawgree myself, to reste for gowtes Artetykes þat me distreynen.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)66 marg. : For þe gout artetik, to chase it owt of what place þat it is in.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)112 : [Plantago] profiteth to almannere Arthretykys gowtys.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)113 : These pillules..avaylen ayene artitikys, podagre, sciatikys.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)220/9 : For artetika and for a sore schulder. Take heyrefe [etc.].
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)37/25 : It helpyth þe gowte aretyk þat comyth of colde.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)90 : Yf eny body hange þis ston abowte his neke, it helpeþ an euell þat is cleped arthetica.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. artetic.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. artetica.