catoblepasn.

Etymology: < Latin catōblepas, Greek κατῶβλεψ, < κάτω downwards + βλέπειν to look; see quots.

Zoology.

In ancient authors, some African animal, ‘perhaps a species of buffalo, or the gnu, a species of antelope’ (Lewis & Short, s.v.). Now made the name of a genus including the gnu n.

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xvi. 1153 Amonges þe Hisperies and Ethiops is a welle..and þere bisyde is a wilde beste þat hatte catotephas [read catoblephas]. And haþ a litel body..and a greet heed hangynge alway towar þe erthe.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvi. 299 Y^e eye of the beast of Ægipt which, killeth those whom it looketh vpon. [Margin] The Catopleb and also the Cockatryce.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xxi A wild beast, called Catoblepes.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. vi. i. 467 The Catoblepas is said to bee of like venemous nature.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Catoblepa, a strange beast..some thinke it to bee the Basiliske, or Cockatrice.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. Observ. 170 In the same region the Catolepton is found, a creature like a bull, whose eyes are so fixed as chiefly to look downward; Pliny calls it Catoblepas.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	catoblepas
释义	catoblepasn. Etymology: < Latin catōblepas, Greek κατῶβλεψ, < κάτω downwards + βλέπειν to look; see quots. Zoology. In ancient authors, some African animal, ‘perhaps a species of buffalo, or the gnu, a species of antelope’ (Lewis & Short, s.v.). Now made the name of a genus including the gnu n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > unspecified types tragelapha1382 catoblepasa1398 troglodyte1661 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xvi. 1153 Amonges þe Hisperies and Ethiops is a welle..and þere bisyde is a wilde beste þat hatte catotephas [read catoblephas]. And haþ a litel body..and a greet heed hangynge alway towar þe erthe. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvi. 299 Y^e eye of the beast of Ægipt which, killeth those whom it looketh vpon. [Margin] The Catopleb and also the Cockatryce. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. xxi A wild beast, called Catoblepes. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. vi. i. 467 The Catoblepas is said to bee of like venemous nature. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Catoblepa, a strange beast..some thinke it to bee the Basiliske, or Cockatrice. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. Observ. 170 In the same region the Catolepton is found, a creature like a bull, whose eyes are so fixed as chiefly to look downward; Pliny calls it Catoblepas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1398
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