sciathericsn.

Brit.

/sʌɪəˈθɛrɪks/, U.S.

/ˌsaɪəˈθɛrɪks/

Forms: 1600s sciatericks, 1600s scioteriques, 1800s 2000s– sciaterics, 1900s– sciatherics, 1900s– skiatherics.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin sciotericus, sciathericus, sciothericus (see sciatheric n.): see -ic suffix 2. Compare later sciatheric n. and earlier sciatherical adj.

Now rare.

The use or interpretation of shadows cast by the sun, esp. to tell the time of day; the art of dialling. Cf. gnomonics at gnomonic n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial > art of making or using

dialling1570

sciathericsa1646

skiagraphy1651

a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 248/2 Hee is twice deceived; first becaus the Sciatericks teach, that if in the Temperate Zone a Plain bee elevated less then the Sun's declination, the same would com to pass. 2. Hee supposeth the wonder to bee in the Shadow's going back, which was not.

1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica i. i. § i. ii. 6 The marking out the Time of the day in such a way as in the Scioteriques, or Art of Dialling,..was rightly imputed to Anaximines.

1856 A. Clarke Holy Bible I. 877/1 Something more specific, more simple, and more general, is a desideratum in the science of sciaterics, or dialling.

1904 Pop. Astron. 12 109 This is the greatest work on gnomonics that exists, a work that may be considered an encyclopedia of skiatherics.

1987 S. S. Lishak Jaina Astron. iv. 84 Seasons were determined through the science of sciatherics in Jaina School of astronomy.

2009 Proc. 14th Internat. Congr. Neo-Latin Stud. 553 The last part deals not only with time measurement but also with gnomonics and sciaterics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sciatherics
释义	sciathericsn. Brit. /sʌɪəˈθɛrɪks/, U.S. /ˌsaɪəˈθɛrɪks/ Forms: 1600s sciatericks, 1600s scioteriques, 1800s 2000s– sciaterics, 1900s– sciatherics, 1900s– skiatherics. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sciatericus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin sciotericus, sciathericus, sciothericus (see sciatheric n.): see -ic suffix 2. Compare later sciatheric n. and earlier sciatherical adj. Now rare. The use or interpretation of shadows cast by the sun, esp. to tell the time of day; the art of dialling. Cf. gnomonics at gnomonic n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial > art of making or using dialling1570 sciathericsa1646 skiagraphy1651 a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 248/2 Hee is twice deceived; first becaus the Sciatericks teach, that if in the Temperate Zone a Plain bee elevated less then the Sun's declination, the same would com to pass. 2. Hee supposeth the wonder to bee in the Shadow's going back, which was not. 1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica i. i. § i. ii. 6 The marking out the Time of the day in such a way as in the Scioteriques, or Art of Dialling,..was rightly imputed to Anaximines. 1856 A. Clarke Holy Bible I. 877/1 Something more specific, more simple, and more general, is a desideratum in the science of sciaterics, or dialling. 1904 Pop. Astron. 12 109 This is the greatest work on gnomonics that exists, a work that may be considered an encyclopedia of skiatherics. 1987 S. S. Lishak Jaina Astron. iv. 84 Seasons were determined through the science of sciatherics in Jaina School of astronomy. 2009 Proc. 14th Internat. Congr. Neo-Latin Stud. 553 The last part deals not only with time measurement but also with gnomonics and sciaterics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1646
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