septanadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsɛptən/, U.S.

/ˈsɛptən/

Forms: 1600s septain, 1600s septane, 1600s– septan.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin septanus, septana.

Etymology: As adjective < post-classical Latin septanus recurring every seventh day (1553 or earlier) < classical Latin septem seven (see septem- comb. form) + -ānus -an suffix, translating Hellenistic Greek ἑβδομαῖος (in πυρετὸς ἑβδομαῖος septan fever (Galen)). As noun < post-classical Latin septana (1544 or earlier), use as noun (short for febris septana seventh-day fever) of feminine of septanus , adjective. Compare quintan adj. and earlier quartan adj. 1a, tertian adj. 1.Compare Middle French septain, French septan (16th cent. in Paré, subsequently from the early 19th cent.), Spanish septano (1495).

Medicine. Now historical and rare.

A. adj.

Of a fever: recurring (by inclusive reckoning) every seventh day (i.e. at intervals of approximately six days). Cf. septimane adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] > fevers of specific duration

quotidiana1393

quartana1398

ephemera1528

quartern?1549

semitertian1565

ephemeral1576

periodical1585

typic1601

septimane1634

ephemeran1643

hemitritaean1651

nonan1657

quintan1657

septan1657

sextan1657

quartanary1669

subintrant1747

periodic1805

octan1835

typical1853

1657 B. W. tr. B. Bauderon Expert Phisician 123 The Quintan, Sextan, Septan [L. Septanae], and Nonan Feavers.

1839 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 8 251 A sailor, aged thirty-seven, of weak constitution, was attacked in February, 1834, with septan fever, complicated with gastric affection.

1910 V. E. Collins & J. A. Liebmann tr. G. Dieulafoy Text-bk. Med. v. iii. 1753 We also see very rare types [of intermittent fever] in which the fever is quintan, sextan, septan, or octan.

2013 P. E. Pormann in P. Adamson Interpreting Avicenna v. 99 We might compare a debate over the nature and existence of septan and nonan fever that took place in the early tenth century: if a fever recurs on every seventh or ninth day, how can we be sure that it is still the same fever and not a different one?

B. n.

A septan fever. Cf. septimane n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > fever of specific duration

tertian1362

quartana1387

quotidiana1398

ephemera1398

quarterna1568

day-fever1601

nonan1601

quintan1601

septimane1601

sextan1601

semitertian1609

triple quartan1625

diary1640

septan1657

third ague1674

quartanary1684

subintrant1684

intermittent1693

nonary1747

seven day fever1788

octan1799

third-day ague1818

type-fever1819

triple tertian1822

triplicate quartan (ague)1822

tetartophyia1842

1657 N. Culpeper & W. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Idea Pract. Physick vii. iii. 31/1 Howbeit there are Quintans, Septans [L. septanae], Octans, Nonans.

1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 63 A septan, being really a quartan, of whose paroxysms none are perceptable, but those of every 7th day.

1855 Dublin Hosp. Gaz. 1 61/1 It is stated that Galen remarked, that though conversant with fevers from his youth, he never met cases of septans or nonans.

2004 A. J. Bollet Plagues & Poxes i. ii. 32 The Hippocratic works carefully describe the periodicity of the chills and febrile episodes,..even mentioning rare forms such as quintans, septans, and nonans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	septan
释义	septanadj.n. Brit. /ˈsɛptən/, U.S. /ˈsɛptən/ Forms: 1600s septain, 1600s septane, 1600s– septan. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin septanus, septana. Etymology: As adjective < post-classical Latin septanus recurring every seventh day (1553 or earlier) < classical Latin septem seven (see septem- comb. form) + -ānus -an suffix, translating Hellenistic Greek ἑβδομαῖος (in πυρετὸς ἑβδομαῖος septan fever (Galen)). As noun < post-classical Latin septana (1544 or earlier), use as noun (short for febris septana seventh-day fever) of feminine of septanus , adjective. Compare quintan adj. and earlier quartan adj. 1a, tertian adj. 1.Compare Middle French septain, French septan (16th cent. in Paré, subsequently from the early 19th cent.), Spanish septano (1495). Medicine. Now historical and rare. A. adj. Of a fever: recurring (by inclusive reckoning) every seventh day (i.e. at intervals of approximately six days). Cf. septimane adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] > fevers of specific duration quotidiana1393 quartana1398 ephemera1528 quartern?1549 semitertian1565 ephemeral1576 periodical1585 typic1601 septimane1634 ephemeran1643 hemitritaean1651 nonan1657 quintan1657 septan1657 sextan1657 quartanary1669 subintrant1747 periodic1805 octan1835 typical1853 1657 B. W. tr. B. Bauderon Expert Phisician 123 The Quintan, Sextan, Septan [L. Septanae], and Nonan Feavers. 1839 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 8 251 A sailor, aged thirty-seven, of weak constitution, was attacked in February, 1834, with septan fever, complicated with gastric affection. 1910 V. E. Collins & J. A. Liebmann tr. G. Dieulafoy Text-bk. Med. v. iii. 1753 We also see very rare types [of intermittent fever] in which the fever is quintan, sextan, septan, or octan. 2013 P. E. Pormann in P. Adamson Interpreting Avicenna v. 99 We might compare a debate over the nature and existence of septan and nonan fever that took place in the early tenth century: if a fever recurs on every seventh or ninth day, how can we be sure that it is still the same fever and not a different one? B. n. A septan fever. Cf. septimane n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > fever of specific duration tertian1362 quartana1387 quotidiana1398 ephemera1398 quarterna1568 day-fever1601 nonan1601 quintan1601 septimane1601 sextan1601 semitertian1609 triple quartan1625 diary1640 septan1657 third ague1674 quartanary1684 subintrant1684 intermittent1693 nonary1747 seven day fever1788 octan1799 third-day ague1818 type-fever1819 triple tertian1822 triplicate quartan (ague)1822 tetartophyia1842 1657 N. Culpeper & W. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Idea Pract. Physick vii. iii. 31/1 Howbeit there are Quintans, Septans [L. septanae], Octans, Nonans. 1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 63 A septan, being really a quartan, of whose paroxysms none are perceptable, but those of every 7th day. 1855 Dublin Hosp. Gaz. 1 61/1 It is stated that Galen remarked, that though conversant with fevers from his youth, he never met cases of septans or nonans. 2004 A. J. Bollet Plagues & Poxes i. ii. 32 The Hippocratic works carefully describe the periodicity of the chills and febrile episodes,..even mentioning rare forms such as quintans, septans, and nonans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1657
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