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manticore Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈmæntɪkɔə(r)|
Also 4, 7–9 mantichora, 5 mantissera, 5, 7–9 manticora, 6 mantycor(e, 7 martichore, 7–8 marticora; β. (sense 2) 7 mantegre, 7–8 mantyger, 8–9 montegre, 9 mantiger.
[ad. L. manticora, repr. Gr. µαντιχώρας, a corrupt reading in Aristotle Hist. Anim. (quoting Ctesias), where the better MSS. have µαρτιχόρας (another var. is µαρτιοχώρας), app. an OPersian word for ‘man-eater’, f. martīya- man (mod.Pers. mard) + root χvar- (Zend χvaraiti, mod.Pers. χurden) to eat.]
1. A fabulous monster having the body of a lion, the head of a man, porcupine's quills, and the tail or sting of a scorpion. (Cf. mantegar, mantiger.)
13..K. Alis. 7094 Ther he fond addren, and Monecores, And a feolle worm, Cales, and Manticores. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. i. (1495) 740 Mantichora. 1481Caxton Myrr. e vij b, Another maner of bestes ther is in ynde that ben callyd manticora. 1494Will of Eburton (Somerset Ho.), A standing cuppe of syluer with a couering with a straunge best called a mantissera enprinted in the botome. a1529Skelton P. Sparowe 294 The mantycors of the montaynes Myght fede them on thy braynes. 1601Holland Pliny I. 206. 1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Enforced Marr. I 2 b, Mantichoras, monstrous beastes, enemies to mankinde, that ha double rowes of teeth in their mouthes. 1646Howell Lewis XIII 174 The Beast Marticora which is of a red colour, and hath the head of a man lancing out sharpe prickles from behind. 1656Blount Glossogr., Martichore. 1863Kingsley Water Bab. 166 Unicorns, fire-drakes, manticoras.
2. Her. A monster represented with the body of a beast of prey, the head of a man with spiral or curved horns, and sometimes the feet of a dragon.
c1600in Baring-Gould & Twigge West. Armory (1898) 89 Radforde: Sa: 3 mantygers arg. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xxv. (1611) 183 Mantegres, Satyrs, Monkfishes,..and whatsoeuer other double shaped animall [etc.]. 1766Porny Her. (1777) 196 The Montegre. 1780Edmondson Heraldry II. Gloss., Man-tyger, or Manticora. 1894Parker Gloss. Her. 519 The Mantiger or Lampago, called by writers Montegre and Manticora, also occurs. |