| 单词 | elixir of life |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselixir of life a. A supposed drug or essence with the property of indefinitely prolonging life; imagined by the alchemists to be either identical with, or closely related to, the ‘elixir’ of sense 1. More fully, elixir of life (tr. medieval Latin elixir vitæ). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > non-remedial medicine > elixirs of life stone1390 philosophers' stonea1393 vegetativec1450 ferment1471 egg of philosophersc1484 vegetable stonea1500 vegetant stone1576 philosophical stone1581 elixir1605 philosophers' work1612 philosophic stone1647 water stone of the wise men1649 elixir of youth1725 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > occult medicine > elixirs of life stone1390 philosophers' stonea1393 vegetativec1450 ferment1471 egg of philosophersc1484 vegetable stonea1500 vegetant stone1576 philosophical stone1581 amphicome1601 erotylos1601 elixir1605 philosophers' work1612 philosophic stone1647 elixir of youth1725 1266 R. Bacon Opus Minus (Rolls Ser.) 314 Medicinam..quam philosophi vocant Elixir..Si libra medicinæ projiciatur super mille plumbi fiet..aurum..Et hoc est quod corpora infirma reducet ad sanitatem..et vitam..ultra contenarios annorum prolongabit.] 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xiii [Mercury, sulphur, and salt]..brought into one bodie (which the Arabians call elixir)..wil be..a medicine, etc. 1799 W. Godwin St. Leon IV. 324 The..secrets of alchemy and the elixir vitæ. 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh 136 I know too where the Genii hid The jewell'd cup of their King Jamshid, With Life's elixir sparkling high. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 262 Honey..was, in her mind,..the true elixir vitæ. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xii. 299 Though the elixir of life has never been distilled. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens I. ii. i. 75 Carillo had been glad to toy with magic, and pursue the elixir of life. < as lemmas |
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