† paredrusn.

Forms: 1600s paredros (plural).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin paredrus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin paredrus familiar spirit (4th cent.), also as adjective, sitting beside, of a familiar spirit (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < ancient Greek πάρεδρος sitting beside, a person who sits beside, an assessor, in Hellenistic Greek also familiar spirit (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. a.d., also frequently in papyri) < παρα- para- prefix¹ + ἕδρα seat, base (see -hedron comb. form). Compare Middle French, French parèdre (1586 in an isolated attestation in Middle French in sense ‘familiar spirit assisting a demon’; subsequently from 1765 in various other senses).In form in quot. a1641 after the Latin accusative plural. Attested earlier as an unassimilated Latin loan:1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Assistants he had twaine, named Paredri, who sat in commission with him.

Obsolete. rare.

An assistant; spec. a familiar spirit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit

spiritc1350

familiar devila1464

familiar spirita1545

Python1548

familiar1583

succubus1601

demon1613

paredrusa1641

maisterel1652

obsessor1652

paredrial1652

cad1657

kanaima1825

Zar1868

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iii. 161 Witches..having Familiar Spirits, Paredros, Assisters to..them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	paredrus
释义	† paredrusn. Forms: 1600s paredros (plural). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin paredrus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin paredrus familiar spirit (4th cent.), also as adjective, sitting beside, of a familiar spirit (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < ancient Greek πάρεδρος sitting beside, a person who sits beside, an assessor, in Hellenistic Greek also familiar spirit (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. a.d., also frequently in papyri) < παρα- para- prefix¹ + ἕδρα seat, base (see -hedron comb. form). Compare Middle French, French parèdre (1586 in an isolated attestation in Middle French in sense ‘familiar spirit assisting a demon’; subsequently from 1765 in various other senses).In form in quot. a1641 after the Latin accusative plural. Attested earlier as an unassimilated Latin loan:1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Assistants he had twaine, named Paredri, who sat in commission with him. Obsolete. rare. An assistant; spec. a familiar spirit. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit spiritc1350 familiar devila1464 familiar spirita1545 Python1548 familiar1583 succubus1601 demon1613 paredrusa1641 maisterel1652 obsessor1652 paredrial1652 cad1657 kanaima1825 Zar1868 a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iii. 161 Witches..having Familiar Spirits, Paredros, Assisters to..them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1641
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