Prisciann.

Brit.

/ˈprɪʃɪən/,

/ˈprɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˈprɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s Precyan, 1500s Precyen, 1500s Prescian, 1500s Prisian, 1500s– Priscian.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Priscianus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Priscianus, the name of a celebrated Roman grammarian (fl. c500–25).Post-classical Latin phrases referring to bad grammar as violence against Priscian are found from the beginning of the 16th cent., e.g. non sine Prisciani summa iniuria ‘not without the greatest injury to Priscian’ (1508), and the specific image of his head being broken was widely disseminated by Andreas Guarna's Bellum grammaticale (1511) xx,Priscianus..a latronibus Catholicon sociis captus, spoliatus ac fustibus pulsatus tale in capite vulnus accepit, ut nullo unquam medicorum studio curari potuerit ‘Priscian was captured by the bandits in the band of Catholicon, robbed, and beaten up, receiving such a wound in his head that he could never be cured by the care of doctors’. N.E.D. (1908) cites a Latin phrase diminuere Prisciani caput, but this has not been traced.

1. The name of a celebrated Roman grammarian (fl. c500–25) used esp. in to break Priscian's head and variants: to contravene grammatical rules. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > err linguistically [verb (intransitive)] > in grammar

to break Priscian's heada1529

a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.v Prisians hed broken, now handy dandy And inter didascolos, is rekened for a fole.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 28 Prescian, a litle scratcht.

1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe i. sig. C^v Will speake false Latine, and breake Priscians head.

a1634 T. Gerard Particular Descr. Somerset (1900) 224 Knocking poore Priscian's pate soe familiarly as in most ancient evidence they doe.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 83 [They] hold no sin so deeply red, As that of breaking Priscian's head.

1701 J. Gordon Remarks L'Estrange's Æsops Fables 42 There is far greater danger to the Church of God in absurd Reasonings..than in the frequent wounding of Priscian's Head.

1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) iii. 156 Some free from rhyme or reason, rule or check, Break Priscian's head, and Pegasus's neck.

1785 R. Cumberland Observer No. 22. §6 Observe how this..orator breaks poor Priscian's head for the good of his country.

1803 Gradus ad Cantabrigiam 81 A Kiplingism; a blunder-bus levelled at poor Priscian's head by the learned Dr. Kipling.

a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 124 If he has not broken Priscian's head, he has at least boxed his ears.

1883 Daily Tel. 10 July 5/4 Does Shakespeare never break Priscian's head?

1911 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 32 478 It would be interesting to know whether a dreaming grammarian would have any scruples about breaking Priscian's head or murdering the King's English.

1968 Classical Rev. 18 239/1 Once Priscian's head is soundly broken..and there are a good many places where sense and latinity do not receive their due.

†2. In extended use: a grammarian; a student of grammar. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > [noun] > grammarian

grammarianc1380

grammariourc1540

Priscianist1556

grammatist1589

Priscian1598

artigrapher1753

1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 64 But thus it is when pitty Priscians Will needs step vp to be Censorians.

1729 T. Sheridan Answere to Christmas-box 6 Now see the finess of a true politician, He'd change for the worse and he'd thrash like a Priscian.

1843 Knickerbocker 21 504 All the great and all the little Priscians of the present and of future days cannot hope to do it [sc. master English grammar].

Derivatives

ˈPriscianist n. now archaic and rare a grammarian; (in extended use) a person who uses grammar cleverly in dissembling.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > [noun] > grammarian

grammarianc1380

grammariourc1540

Priscianist1556

grammatist1589

Priscian1598

artigrapher1753

1556 J. Ponet Shorte Treat. Politike Power sig. Eiiij^v Why did they not saie, as the Priscianistes and Papistes did in tyme past,..that it is laufull (and no sinne) to saye one thing and meane an other?

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. H^v He had a little beggarly and course latin, so much as a Priscianist may haue.

1904 G. G. Smith Elizabethan Crit. Ess. Introd. p.lii It may be said he [sc. Stanyhurst] went somewhat further than some of the Priscianists in his devotion to quantity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	priscian
释义	Prisciann. Brit. /ˈprɪʃɪən/, /ˈprɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈprɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s Precyan, 1500s Precyen, 1500s Prescian, 1500s Prisian, 1500s– Priscian. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Priscianus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Priscianus, the name of a celebrated Roman grammarian (fl. c500–25).Post-classical Latin phrases referring to bad grammar as violence against Priscian are found from the beginning of the 16th cent., e.g. non sine Prisciani summa iniuria ‘not without the greatest injury to Priscian’ (1508), and the specific image of his head being broken was widely disseminated by Andreas Guarna's Bellum grammaticale (1511) xx,Priscianus..a latronibus Catholicon sociis captus, spoliatus ac fustibus pulsatus tale in capite vulnus accepit, ut nullo unquam medicorum studio curari potuerit ‘Priscian was captured by the bandits in the band of Catholicon, robbed, and beaten up, receiving such a wound in his head that he could never be cured by the care of doctors’. N.E.D. (1908) cites a Latin phrase diminuere Prisciani caput, but this has not been traced. 1. The name of a celebrated Roman grammarian (fl. c500–25) used esp. in to break Priscian's head and variants: to contravene grammatical rules. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > err linguistically [verb (intransitive)] > in grammar to break Priscian's heada1529 a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.v Prisians hed broken, now handy dandy And inter didascolos, is rekened for a fole. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 28 Prescian, a litle scratcht. View more context for this quotation 1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe i. sig. C^v Will speake false Latine, and breake Priscians head. a1634 T. Gerard Particular Descr. Somerset (1900) 224 Knocking poore Priscian's pate soe familiarly as in most ancient evidence they doe. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 83 [They] hold no sin so deeply red, As that of breaking Priscian's head. 1701 J. Gordon Remarks L'Estrange's Æsops Fables 42 There is far greater danger to the Church of God in absurd Reasonings..than in the frequent wounding of Priscian's Head. 1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) iii. 156 Some free from rhyme or reason, rule or check, Break Priscian's head, and Pegasus's neck. 1785 R. Cumberland Observer No. 22. §6 Observe how this..orator breaks poor Priscian's head for the good of his country. 1803 Gradus ad Cantabrigiam 81 A Kiplingism; a blunder-bus levelled at poor Priscian's head by the learned Dr. Kipling. a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 124 If he has not broken Priscian's head, he has at least boxed his ears. 1883 Daily Tel. 10 July 5/4 Does Shakespeare never break Priscian's head? 1911 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 32 478 It would be interesting to know whether a dreaming grammarian would have any scruples about breaking Priscian's head or murdering the King's English. 1968 Classical Rev. 18 239/1 Once Priscian's head is soundly broken..and there are a good many places where sense and latinity do not receive their due. †2. In extended use: a grammarian; a student of grammar. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > [noun] > grammarian grammarianc1380 grammariourc1540 Priscianist1556 grammatist1589 Priscian1598 artigrapher1753 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 64 But thus it is when pitty Priscians Will needs step vp to be Censorians. 1729 T. Sheridan Answere to Christmas-box 6 Now see the finess of a true politician, He'd change for the worse and he'd thrash like a Priscian. 1843 Knickerbocker 21 504 All the great and all the little Priscians of the present and of future days cannot hope to do it [sc. master English grammar]. Derivatives ˈPriscianist n. now archaic and rare a grammarian; (in extended use) a person who uses grammar cleverly in dissembling. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > [noun] > grammarian grammarianc1380 grammariourc1540 Priscianist1556 grammatist1589 Priscian1598 artigrapher1753 1556 J. Ponet Shorte Treat. Politike Power sig. Eiiij^v Why did they not saie, as the Priscianistes and Papistes did in tyme past,..that it is laufull (and no sinne) to saye one thing and meane an other? 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. H^v He had a little beggarly and course latin, so much as a Priscianist may haue. 1904 G. G. Smith Elizabethan Crit. Ess. Introd. p.lii It may be said he [sc. Stanyhurst] went somewhat further than some of the Priscianists in his devotion to quantity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1529
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