Middle English Dictionary Entry
lacerte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lacerte n. Also lacert(us. Pl. lacertes, lacertous. |
| Etymology | L lacerta, lacertus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A muscle.
Associated quotations
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2753 : Euery lacerte in his brest adoun Is shent with venym and corrupcioun.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)154/6 : Al maner wounde þat is maad in þe extremitiees as [read: of] þe lacertis as iij fyngir mele brede vndir þe schuldris, eiþer iij fyngir mele brede aboue þe elbowe eiþer byneþe.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)169/14,15 : Alle þese þingis þanne ben comprehendid in a skyn þat is fleischi & of lacertis maad..& is clepid þe vttere wombe in whiche ben lacertis for to helpe putte out þe fecis & wijnd & vrine.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)9a/a : Musclez & lacertez [*Ch.(2): a lacerte] bene one selfe þing, Bot þe muscle is said to þe fourme of mouse & lacert to þe fourme of a lizard.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)59b/a : Þe firste skille is þat, be cause of þe meuynge off þe lacerte, he maye summe tyme helpe þe meuynge of þe breþe oþer off þe lunges.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)139a/a : Þe woundes of þe þiȝes ben timorous be cause of þe lacerte oþer þe grete brawne þat is in þe þiȝe.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)39/25 : Þe mouþe of þe lure wiþ þe lacertes and þe synowes speryng and opnyng þe lure was vtterly gnawen away.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)15a/a : Lacertus is a membre consimile or official compouned, in partie spermatik & in parti not spermatik.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)22b/a : Þe lenkþe of þe lacertous of þe forheed beþ more euelongis as from þat oon eere vnto þat oþir.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)33b/a : Þe skyn and þe lacertous of þe brest ben as þei ben in oþere membris.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)67a/b : Al þat is seid of a senewe is seid also of alle hise consimile membris, as corde, Brawn, lacert, ligament, & pannycle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. lacert.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. lacertus.