alectorianadj.

Brit.

/alᵻkˈtɔːrɪən/, U.S.

/ˌæləkˈtɔriən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin alectoria , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin alectoria alectory n. + -an suffix. Compare French †alectorienne (1690). Compare earlier alectory n.

Now historical.

Designating an alectory.

ΚΠ

1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxxix. 264 The Alectorian or Cockes stone..wherewith (as it is reported) the famous Milo Crotonien alway stoode inuincible.

1885 J. M'Clintock & J. Strong Cycl. Biblical, Theol., & Eccl. Lit. Suppl. I. 94/2 Alectorian Stone, in Greek mythology, was a rocky substance which the ancients believed was found in the stomach or liver of cocks... This stone was said to possess powers producing happiness and good luck. It was also said to produce love, to prevent danger, to give fluency of speech, and to be a disburser of riches.

1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros vi. 70 Against such a peril I had provided certain amulets made of the stone alectorian, which groweth in the gizzard of a cock hatched on a moonless night when Saturn burneth in a human sign and the lord of the third house is in the ascendant.

1999 Simiolus 27 205/1 The physician Champier mixes a prescription for a theriac. It consists of lilies, alectorian stones, rust from the keys of St Peter's [etc.], flesh from the eagle..all of it moistened.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alectorian
释义	alectorianadj. Brit. /alᵻkˈtɔːrɪən/, U.S. /ˌæləkˈtɔriən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin alectoria , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin alectoria alectory n. + -an suffix. Compare French †alectorienne (1690). Compare earlier alectory n. Now historical. Designating an alectory. ΚΠ 1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxxix. 264 The Alectorian or Cockes stone..wherewith (as it is reported) the famous Milo Crotonien alway stoode inuincible. 1885 J. M'Clintock & J. Strong Cycl. Biblical, Theol., & Eccl. Lit. Suppl. I. 94/2 Alectorian Stone, in Greek mythology, was a rocky substance which the ancients believed was found in the stomach or liver of cocks... This stone was said to possess powers producing happiness and good luck. It was also said to produce love, to prevent danger, to give fluency of speech, and to be a disburser of riches. 1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros vi. 70 Against such a peril I had provided certain amulets made of the stone alectorian, which groweth in the gizzard of a cock hatched on a moonless night when Saturn burneth in a human sign and the lord of the third house is in the ascendant. 1999 Simiolus 27 205/1 The physician Champier mixes a prescription for a theriac. It consists of lilies, alectorian stones, rust from the keys of St Peter's [etc.], flesh from the eagle..all of it moistened. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1586
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