Middle English Dictionary Entry
scī̆atica n.
Entry Info
| Forms | scī̆atica n. Also sciatic, sciatik(e, siatica, sietika, sitica, seietika, ciatica, cietica, (Latinate) sciaticam; pl. sciatikis, sciaticz & (Latinate) sciatice. |
| Etymology | From ML sciatica, AL scietica (fem. of L sciaticus) & OF sciatique. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The disease sciatica; (b) an attack of the disease.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)302/18 : Blood-letynge in þis veine is good..as it is aforseid in þe cure of sciatica.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)162a/b : Auicen seiþ þat it auaileþ..to lepre, to podagre, to sciatic, & to passionz of þe reynez.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)365/31 : In þe sciatyk [*Ch.(1): sciatica] it [?inflammation] is stracched fro þe haunche to þe hele.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)366/29 : Among þe akthes of ioyntes þe sciatyk is þe worste.
- (c1441) Paston (EETS)1.217 : Elysabet Peverel hath leye seke xv or xvj wekys of þe seyetyka.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)101 : For siatica..þis decoccion..wole do mochel goode to þe passion þat is clepid cyatica.
- ?c1450 Veins in Vicary Anat.(Eg 2572)230 : Opyn þe vayn..þat es callyd saluatica, for þe sciatike and for þe emorodys.
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.9 (Hrl 2169)175 : [Here is a recipe for a hot unguent] for the Syetyka.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)498 : Remember my brokyn hede..Ȝe, goode ser, and þe sytyca in my arme.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)64 : Þe Ciatica: sciatica.
b
- (c1444) Paston2.13 : The Chief Justice..hath had a cyetica þat hath letted hym a gret while to ride.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)113 : These pillules..avaylen ayene artitikys, podagre, sciatikys.
2.
The part of the small saphenous vein in the foot, the sciatic vein.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)177/30 : Þese veynes ben departid in þe foot, & ij..ben in þe holow of þe foot wiþoutforþ, & þat oon veyne þerof is clepid sciatica.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)154a/a : Veynez..in men bene 33..In þe fete bene 8..2 in þe kneez, 2 sophenez, 2 sciaticz [*Ch.(3) 54b/a: two þat ben cleped sciatice], 2 of þe pecten of þe fote.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)70/24 : Þay maken foure veynes þe whiche ben comunely lat blood..þat is to wete, sophena vnder þe inner ancle..sciatica [*Ch.(1) vr. Sciaticam; L sciatica] vnder þe vttre ancle, [etc.].
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)129/1 : As hoot as þe pacient may suffryn, ley to þe ciatica or to ony oþer place þat nedyth.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)46a/b : The veynes þat ben lete blood..in þe feet ben iiij..Sephalica, Sciatica, venalis, and oon þat is vndir þe greete too.
3.
As adj.: (a) of an inflammation: affecting the sciatic nerve; ~ passioun; (b) ~ veine, the sciatic vein.
Associated quotations
a
- [ c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)37a : Þe sede y-grounde and boyled in wyne and franke-encense and safron helpis sekenys vndir þe sidis þat men calliþ scietica passio, that is betwene þe rige and þe navill. ]
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)139 : Centorie..wole profite michel to hem that hauyn sciatica passion.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)150 : Þe iuus of þis herbe drunke ofte with leuke water helpiþ hem wondirly þat hauyn sciatica passion.
b
- c1450 Chauliac(1) (Sln 965)144/3 : Sciatic' veyne [NY: Þai make 4 veynez which comenly bene fleobotomyed for determinate passions..sophenam vnder þe innermore ancle toward þe hele, Sciatica vnder þe vttermore Ancle, Popliticam..Renalem].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sciatic.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sciatica.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 3.(a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sciatic passion.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 3.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sciatic vein.