crasisn.

Brit.

/ˈkreɪsɪs/, U.S.

/ˈkreɪsᵻs/

Etymology: < Greek κρᾶσις mixture, combination (also in the grammatical sense below), < κεραννύναι to mix.

1. The blending or combination of elements, ‘humours’, or qualities, in the animal body, in herbs, etc.

†a. As a permanent characteristic: Composition, constitution, temperament, ‘complexion’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun]

heartOE

erda1000

moodOE

i-mindOE

i-cundeOE

costc1175

lundc1175

evena1200

kinda1225

custc1275

couragec1300

the manner ofc1300

qualityc1300

talentc1330

attemperancec1374

complexionc1386

dispositiona1387

propertyc1390

naturea1393

assay1393

inclinationa1398

gentlenessa1400

proprietya1400

habitudec1400

makingc1400

conditionc1405

habitc1405

conceitc1425

affecta1460

ingeny1477

engine1488

stomach?1510

mind?a1513

ingine1533

affection1534

vein1536

humour?1563

natural1564

facultyc1565

concept1566

frame1567

temperature1583

geniusa1586

bent1587

constitution1589

composition1597

character1600

tune1600

qualification1602

infusion1604

spirits1604

dispose1609

selfness1611

disposure1613

composurea1616

racea1616

tempera1616

crasisc1616

directiona1639

grain1641

turn1647

complexure1648

genie1653

make1674

personality1710

tonea1751

bearing1795

liver1800

make-up1821

temperament1821

naturalness1850

selfhood1854

Wesen1854

naturel1856

sit1857

fibre1864

character structure1873

mentality1895

mindset1909

psyche1910

where it's (he's, she's) at1967

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) ii. 647 His bodies crasis is angelicall.

1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis iv. 42 He had transmitted..that excellent..temper of body; which should have been like his own happy crasis.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xi. 55 [Yorick] seem'd not to have had one single drop of Danish blood in his whole crasis.

1768 Monthly Rev. 507 They have imagined them [animal spirits] of a somewhat diverse crasis..in different bodies.

figurative.1652 J. Evelyn State of France 117 The complexion and Crasis of this Body Politick.a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 61 There are lodged in the very crasis and constitution of the Soul certain rational Instincts.a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §91 186 But the Crasis of Times must account for all such Indecencies.

b. The combination of ‘humours’ or qualities constituting a state of health or disease; (healthy or diseased) condition. ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > disordered state > of humours

dyscrasiac1400

dyscrasyc1400

mistemperurec1475

cacochymy?1541

colliquying?1541

ill humoura1568

interception1598

crasis1602

incommoderation1617

peccancy1648

colliquation1662

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > humours > combination of

complexion1393

crasis1602

temperament1628

tetrasyncrasy1651

1602 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus (Arb.) ii. i. 21 I have considered of the crasis, and syntoma of your disease.

1670 E. Maynwaring Vita Sana & Longa (new ed.) i. 6 Virulent purgatives, that alienate the crases or ferments of the parts.

1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 75 In a dissolved Crasis of the blood.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 418/b In malignant petechial fevers the crasis is so broken as to deposit a sooty powder.

†c. In wider sense: Mingling, mixture, combination. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture

mingingOE

mungc1175

meddlingc1384

mellaya1400

mixture?a1425

commixtion?a1439

medley1440

brothc1515

mingly1545

mingle1548

maslin1574

miscellane1582

commixture1590

flaumpaump1593

salad1603

miscellany1609

common1619

cento1625

misturea1626

mixtil1654

concrete1656

contemperation1664

ragout1672

crasis1677

alloy1707

mixtible1750

galimatias1762

misc.1851

syllabub1859

mixtry1862

cocktail1868

blend1883

admix1908

mix-up1918

mix1959

meld1973

katogo1994

1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 56 The Heart is indeed the Crasis, or Collection of all the Powers of the Soul.

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 440 A most pleasant Crasis or Euphony of Temper, Thoughts and Operations.

2. Ancient Greek Grammar. The combination of the vowels of two syllables, esp. at the end of one word and beginning of the next, into one long vowel or diphthong; as in κα'γώ for καὶ ἐγώ, τού'νομα for τὸ ὄνομα.The explanation given in quot. 1836 is that of the late Greek Grammarians, and in the Greek Grammars of the 16th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > combination of two vowels into one long vowel

crasis1833

1833 E. Robinson tr. Buttmann Larger Greek Gram. 60 Avoiding the hiatus..(1) by elision with the apostrophe; and (2) by contracting both syllables into one compound sound, or Crasis.

1836 Edinb. Acad. Grk. Rudiments (ed. 4) 14 There are three modes of contraction: Crasis, Synæresis, and Syncope. Crasis is the mixture of two sounds with a change of the vowels: as τείχεος τείχους.

1863 W. Smith tr. Curtius Greek Gram. §16 It [the coronis] indicates..a crasis..or contraction of two words.

1863 W. Smith tr. Curtius Greek Gram. §89 With crasis the accent of the first word is lost.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	crasis
释义	crasisn. Brit. /ˈkreɪsɪs/, U.S. /ˈkreɪsᵻs/ Etymology: < Greek κρᾶσις mixture, combination (also in the grammatical sense below), < κεραννύναι to mix. 1. The blending or combination of elements, ‘humours’, or qualities, in the animal body, in herbs, etc. †a. As a permanent characteristic: Composition, constitution, temperament, ‘complexion’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] heartOE erda1000 moodOE i-mindOE i-cundeOE costc1175 lundc1175 evena1200 kinda1225 custc1275 couragec1300 the manner ofc1300 qualityc1300 talentc1330 attemperancec1374 complexionc1386 dispositiona1387 propertyc1390 naturea1393 assay1393 inclinationa1398 gentlenessa1400 proprietya1400 habitudec1400 makingc1400 conditionc1405 habitc1405 conceitc1425 affecta1460 ingeny1477 engine1488 stomach?1510 mind?a1513 ingine1533 affection1534 vein1536 humour?1563 natural1564 facultyc1565 concept1566 frame1567 temperature1583 geniusa1586 bent1587 constitution1589 composition1597 character1600 tune1600 qualification1602 infusion1604 spirits1604 dispose1609 selfness1611 disposure1613 composurea1616 racea1616 tempera1616 crasisc1616 directiona1639 grain1641 turn1647 complexure1648 genie1653 make1674 personality1710 tonea1751 bearing1795 liver1800 make-up1821 temperament1821 naturalness1850 selfhood1854 Wesen1854 naturel1856 sit1857 fibre1864 character structure1873 mentality1895 mindset1909 psyche1910 where it's (he's, she's) at1967 c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) ii. 647 His bodies crasis is angelicall. 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis iv. 42 He had transmitted..that excellent..temper of body; which should have been like his own happy crasis. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xi. 55 [Yorick] seem'd not to have had one single drop of Danish blood in his whole crasis. 1768 Monthly Rev. 507 They have imagined them [animal spirits] of a somewhat diverse crasis..in different bodies. figurative.1652 J. Evelyn State of France 117 The complexion and Crasis of this Body Politick.a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 61 There are lodged in the very crasis and constitution of the Soul certain rational Instincts.a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §91 186 But the Crasis of Times must account for all such Indecencies. b. The combination of ‘humours’ or qualities constituting a state of health or disease; (healthy or diseased) condition. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > disordered state > of humours dyscrasiac1400 dyscrasyc1400 mistemperurec1475 cacochymy?1541 colliquying?1541 ill humoura1568 interception1598 crasis1602 incommoderation1617 peccancy1648 colliquation1662 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > humours > combination of complexion1393 crasis1602 temperament1628 tetrasyncrasy1651 1602 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus (Arb.) ii. i. 21 I have considered of the crasis, and syntoma of your disease. 1670 E. Maynwaring Vita Sana & Longa (new ed.) i. 6 Virulent purgatives, that alienate the crases or ferments of the parts. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 75 In a dissolved Crasis of the blood. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 418/b In malignant petechial fevers the crasis is so broken as to deposit a sooty powder. †c. In wider sense: Mingling, mixture, combination. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture mingingOE mungc1175 meddlingc1384 mellaya1400 mixture?a1425 commixtion?a1439 medley1440 brothc1515 mingly1545 mingle1548 maslin1574 miscellane1582 commixture1590 flaumpaump1593 salad1603 miscellany1609 common1619 cento1625 misturea1626 mixtil1654 concrete1656 contemperation1664 ragout1672 crasis1677 alloy1707 mixtible1750 galimatias1762 misc.1851 syllabub1859 mixtry1862 cocktail1868 blend1883 admix1908 mix-up1918 mix1959 meld1973 katogo1994 1677 M. Hale Contempl. ii. 56 The Heart is indeed the Crasis, or Collection of all the Powers of the Soul. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 440 A most pleasant Crasis or Euphony of Temper, Thoughts and Operations. 2. Ancient Greek Grammar. The combination of the vowels of two syllables, esp. at the end of one word and beginning of the next, into one long vowel or diphthong; as in κα'γώ for καὶ ἐγώ, τού'νομα for τὸ ὄνομα.The explanation given in quot. 1836 is that of the late Greek Grammarians, and in the Greek Grammars of the 16th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > combination of two vowels into one long vowel crasis1833 1833 E. Robinson tr. Buttmann Larger Greek Gram. 60 Avoiding the hiatus..(1) by elision with the apostrophe; and (2) by contracting both syllables into one compound sound, or Crasis. 1836 Edinb. Acad. Grk. Rudiments (ed. 4) 14 There are three modes of contraction: Crasis, Synæresis, and Syncope. Crasis is the mixture of two sounds with a change of the vowels: as τείχεος τείχους. 1863 W. Smith tr. Curtius Greek Gram. §16 It [the coronis] indicates..a crasis..or contraction of two words. 1863 W. Smith tr. Curtius Greek Gram. §89 With crasis the accent of the first word is lost. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1602
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