Middle English Dictionary Entry
ciragra n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ciragra n. Also sirogra, ceragra, ciragre. |
| Etymology | L chīragra & OF ciragre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A form of gout in the joints of the hand.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)51a/b : Cyragra passio [L chyragricam passionem], þat is goute in þe hondes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)51b/a : Þe passioun þat hatte potagra in þe feet hatte sirogra in þe hondes, and is I brad..of greet humours and rauȝe I gadred in þe ioyntes. And þerfore fyngres & ioyntes waxen harde and ben I maad as it were knotty.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)116b/a : Ceragra & elephancia.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)46a/b : A flesshy swellynge & flewmatyk is wonte to come aboute þe handes, þe whiche is cleped ciragra [*Ch.(1): ciragre].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450 Eagle Magic in Tul.SE 22 (Add 34111)26/77 : Þe synnewes of þe wengges of þe ryghte syde do to þe seek of þe same syde..þis is gode ciragricis [L chiragricis prosunt].
Note: New form: Also..(Latinate) ciragricis.
Note: Note that the Latin form (ablative plural governed by verb 'prosunt') is retained in the English ('good for those suffering from gout').
Note: Etymology: (DMLBS) [ML chiragra]. (Note also adj. chiragricus = involving gout in the hand.)
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.104rb (3.16) : Yle is often tyme taken in phisik for þe reyns and þe lendes, and so may euery malady of þe reyns & þe lendes be callede yle..If it be on þe hande or on þe handes, it is propurly callede 'ciraga.'
Note: New spelling (?error): ciraga.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. chiragra.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. ciragre.