Middle English Dictionary Entry
stomaticon n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stomaticon n. Also (error) stomacon. |
| Etymology | OF stomaticon remedy for the stomach (FEW 12.282b); also cp. AL stomaticon medicine for the mouth (ult. Gr.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. A digestive or purgative medicine of various kinds; ~ comfortativum; gretere ~.
Associated quotations
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)559/6 : Medecynes voydinge melancolye..Þe compownede medecynes ben..Myn commune powdre, þat is: Take of licorice [drams] ii, of þe powdre of stomaticon comfortatiuum [*Ch.(1): puluer confortatyue of þe stomac'; L pulueris stomachi (vr. stomatici) confortatiui] [ounce] sem., [etc.].
- a1475 *Gilb.Angl.(Wel 537)116/18 : Pillulis for þis sikenes [apoplexy]..If þe body be ful..of eny oþir humour þan of blode, let his body be purgid wiþ stronge medicynes, as with..theodoricon or stomaticon.
- a1475 *Gilb.Angl.(Wel 537)203/26 : If þe cardiacle comeþ of malencoly and of coler togedir, let his purgacion and his oþir medicines be made of þo þingis þat purgen coler and malencoly: iera fortissima Galieni, and þe grettir stomacon [read: stomaticon].
- a1475 *Gilb.Angl.(Wel 537)235/8-12 : Stomaticon þat is cold is good for al vnkinde hetis of a manne stomake and quenchiþ a mannes þirste; Stomaticon þat is hoot is comfor[ta]ble for þe stomake and helpiþ to defie a mannes mete; And it is gode for þe greuaunce þat is in þe ouer-guttis of a mannes wombe, þer is stomaticon a laxatif.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. greater stomaticon.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. stomaticon.