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‖ Hygeia|haɪˈdʒiːə|
Also rarely Hygiea, Hygea.
[a. Gr. ὑγείᾱ, late and non-Attic form of ὑγίεια health, Ὑγίεια the goddess of health, f. ὑγιής sound, healthy. From the same Gr. form were late L. Hygēa and Hygīa (cf. Darēus and Darīus = Gr. Δαρεῖος). The rare variant Hygiea represents Gr. ὑγίεια.]
1. In Gr. Mythol. the goddess of health, daughter of æsculapius; health personified; transf. a system of sanitation or medical practice. (In quot. 1816, a statue of Hygeia.)
[1615G. Sandys Trav. 29 Another daughter of hers by æsculapius called Higia. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Hygiea, health.] 1737M. Green Spleen 73 Hygea's sons with hound and horn, And jovial cry awake the morn. 1781Sheridan Critic i. ii, The temple of Hygeia. 1789E. Darwin Bot. Gard. 75 Divine Hygiea! on thy votaries bend Thy angel-looks, oh, hear us, and defend! 1802–3T. Beddoes (title) Hygëia; or Essays Moral and Medical. Ibid. I. 73 So entirely does Hygeia disdain to become the slave of Plutus. 1816J. Dallaway Of Stat. & Sculpt. vi. 314 He had an Hygeia about 2 feet high. 1841–4Emerson Ess., Nom. & Real. Wks. (Bohn) I. 251 Criticism on the hygeia or medical practice of the time.
2. Astron. Name of the 10th asteroid, discovered by Gasparis in 1849. |