单词 | sciniphes |
释义 | † sciniphesn. Obsolete. = ciniphes n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) filtha1398 sciniphesa1500 ciniphesa1571 blain-worma1652 flya1704 stroller1705 a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ii. 571 God..fyrst thar wattyr turnyt in blude, Paddokys Syne þar lande our ȝhuyde, Syne bittyn þai war with senyphes [a1530 Royal cynyphes; a1550 Wemyss synyfeis], Þat a kynde of cleggis was. 1535 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (rev. ed.) xii. xii. f. clxixv/1 They [sc. gnats] ben called Sciniphes, that is to vnderstonde smalle flyes, but moste noyful in stynges. 1607 R. C. in tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders Ep. Ded. i. sig. ¶5 Whose prouidence reacheth from the Center to the Circumference; from the silliest Scyniph, to the highest Seraphin. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Exod. viii. comm. Sciniphes, smale flying beastes, especially molesting mens eyes. 1780 J. Reeve tr. N. Fontaine Abridgem. Hist. Old & New Test. 83 The sciniphes, a small flying insect according to Philo, produced from the dust, were the third plague. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1500 |
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