单词 | centiloquium |
释义 | centiloquiumn. 1. Frequently with capital initial. A treatise, formerly frequently attributed to Ptolemy, consisting of a hundred aphorisms of astrology.This work first appears in Arabic, as Kitāb al-Ṯamara, lit. ‘Book of Fruits’, and is now widely thought to have been written in the Arabic-speaking world during the ninth or tenth century. ΚΠ 1544 T. Phaer tr. N. de Houssemaine Treat. Pestilence f. ixv, in tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe (new ed.) But the effect of the eclipses of the sunne, is very longe or it come to passe, somtime .xii. yeres, as wytnesseth Ptolome in his centiloquio. 1544 Mery Pronostication Of the Eclyps Wherfore Ptholome in his Centiloquium Telleth not before what after shal come. 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 113 This is the true..doctrine of Ptolomey as may appear..by his Aphoristicall Centiloquie. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. iii. i. iii. 242 Ptolomeus in his centiloquy. 1676 W. Lilly Anima Astrologiæ 93 Ptolomy in his Centiloquium affirms, That if Venus be joyned with Saturn in a Nativity, and have Dignities in the seventh, the Native shall be [etc.]. a1704 J. Gadbury Nauticum Astrologicum (1710) iv. 73 Ptolemy in the 36. of his Centiloquium tells us, That the Fixed Stars do design admirable advantage. 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry III. v. viii. 352 The theory of this curious operation is very satisfactorily stated in the Centiloquium of Ptolemy. 1897 Intelligence July 95 As Ptolemy in his Centiloquy puts it: ‘a skilful person, acquainted with the nature of the stars, is enabled to avert many of their effects’. 1942 Stud. in Eng. 8 July 21 Ptolemy's Centiloquium is given as the source for the commonplace survey of the zodiac man. 1986 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Inst. 49 248/2 Although Ptolemy had never written on this doctrine, the Centiloquy, which was attributed to him, contained basic guidelines. 2014 M. Soranzo Poetry & Identity in Quattrocento Naples v. 100 Originally entitled Kitab Thamara, the Centiloquium was written by an Egyptian astrologer of the Tulunid era. 2. More generally: a collection of a hundred sayings, propositions, or aphorisms, generally presented as a literary work. Now rare.Frequently in the titles of such works. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] compilation1426 recueil?1473 aggregatorya1500 gatheringa1530 centiloquium1653 compilement1665 polygraph1882 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata i. ii. 3 Hermes Trismegistus also in his Centiloquium, calleth the Art no other than Astrology, and the Students Astrologers. 1722 J. Stevens Hist. Antient Abbeys I. 100/1 He [sc. William of Occam] writ upon the Master of the Sentences; A Compendium of Divinity; a Theological Centiloquy; [etc.]. 1810 Encycl. Londinensis IV. (at cited word) The centiloquium of Hermes contains a hundred aphorisms, or astrological sentences. 1923 L. Thorndike Hist. Magic & Exper. Sci. II. iv. xlv. 221 Some manuscripts imply that the Centiloquium of Hermes was a selection from the astrological treatises of Hermes put together by Stephen of Messina. 2004 H. G. Gelber It could have been Otherwise ii. 82 If Strelley was indeed the author, the Centiloquium would with high probability predate both Holcot and Wodeham. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1544 |
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