† presbytan.

Inflections: Plural presbytae.

Forms: 1600s–1700s presbyta, 1700s presbita.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin presbyta far-sighted person (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: 1693, in the title of a medical dissertation) < ancient Greek πρεσβύτης old man (compare pseudo-Aristotle Problems 959^b38: see note below) < πρέσβυς old man (see presbyter n.) + -της , suffix forming nouns, perhaps after πολίτης citizen (see politic adj.). Compare French presbyte presbyte n., Italian presbite (c1765; earlier as †presbita (1672)).The modern use is not that in pseudo-Aristotle Problems, which only raises the question why an old man (πρεσβύτης) is long-sighted.

Obsolete.

= presbyope n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > long-sightedness > person

presbyta1670

presbyope1746

presbyte1826

hypermetrope1864

presbyopic1864

1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World 382 Presbytæ, or old men, who need Spectacles.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Presbitæ, are those Men who by Old Age, or other Accidents, have the Globe of the Eye so flat, that the produced Visual Rays pass the Retina before they unite.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) If the distance between the Retina and the Crystalline be too small, the Person will likewise be a Presbyta.

1765 tr. F. Algarotti Philos. Sir I. Newton Explained iii. 108 These persons..had a defect in their eyes, which led them to seek for some remedy: the myopes in order to have a distinct view of distant objects, and the presbytæ of those at hand.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	presbyta
释义	† presbytan. Inflections: Plural presbytae. Forms: 1600s–1700s presbyta, 1700s presbita. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin presbyta. Etymology: < post-classical Latin presbyta far-sighted person (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: 1693, in the title of a medical dissertation) < ancient Greek πρεσβύτης old man (compare pseudo-Aristotle Problems 959^b38: see note below) < πρέσβυς old man (see presbyter n.) + -της , suffix forming nouns, perhaps after πολίτης citizen (see politic adj.). Compare French presbyte presbyte n., Italian presbite (c1765; earlier as †presbita (1672)).The modern use is not that in pseudo-Aristotle Problems, which only raises the question why an old man (πρεσβύτης) is long-sighted. Obsolete. = presbyope n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > long-sightedness > person presbyta1670 presbyope1746 presbyte1826 hypermetrope1864 presbyopic1864 1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World 382 Presbytæ, or old men, who need Spectacles. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Presbitæ, are those Men who by Old Age, or other Accidents, have the Globe of the Eye so flat, that the produced Visual Rays pass the Retina before they unite. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) If the distance between the Retina and the Crystalline be too small, the Person will likewise be a Presbyta. 1765 tr. F. Algarotti Philos. Sir I. Newton Explained iii. 108 These persons..had a defect in their eyes, which led them to seek for some remedy: the myopes in order to have a distinct view of distant objects, and the presbytæ of those at hand. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1670
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