单词 | septimane |
释义 | † septimanen. Obsolete. rare. 1. A week.Despite his definition (see quot. 1603) Philemon Holland appears to use the word only in senses 2, 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a week > [noun] weekeOE sennightOE seven daysOE weekOE seven days and seven nightsOE (an) eight daysc1160 a week of daysa1382 week1398 sennight dayc1425 septimane1450 seventh night1567 sennight space1599 hebdomad1600 septuary1646 heptad1876 1450 J. Fastolf in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 95 Item, as to the venire facias for the jure of Sybton, there may nought be doon to it till the day of the retourn of the venire facias, whych ys xva or iij septemanis after Myghellmasse. 1603 P. Holland in tr. Plutarch Morals Explan. Words Septimane, A weeke or seven-night. 1694 J. Smith Doctr. Lords Day 52 The Eastern Nations..retained a true account of the order of days in the Septimane. 2. Medicine. A fever that recurs at intervals of seven days (by inclusive reckoning); = septan n. Cf. septimane adj. 1. 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 1601 P. Holland in tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xxvi. xi. 260 (margin) Namely Quintans, Sextanes, Septimanes & Nonanes, &c. 3. A period of seven years. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years hendecadOE a week of yearsa1382 weekc1384 Olympiada1387 lustre1387 yearc1425 millenary1551 prenticeship1553 septenary1576 lustrum1590 quinquennal1590 seventy1590 septimane1603 quinquennie1606 threescore (years) and tena1616 duodecad1621 quinquennium1621 jubilee1643 quadrenniala1646 chiliad1653 septennary1659 septennium1660 triennial1661 millennium1664 tetraëterid1678 octennial1679 duodenary1681 quadrennium1779 septenniad1836 quinquenniad1842 milliad1843 tricentenary1846 triennium1847 vicennium1847 bimillenary1850 lustration1853 sexennium1858 septennate1874 quinquennial1877 pentad1880 sexennate1898 aeon1960 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 847 Men doe enter into their perfection about the second septimane [Fr. sepatine] of their age, at what time as their naturall seed doth moove and runne. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 36 He died in the 56. yeare of his age [margin] In the 8, Septimane. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † septimaneadj. Obsolete. rare. 1. Of a fever: recurring (by inclusive reckoning) every seventh day; = septan adj. Cf. septimane n. 2. 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 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. Introd. vi. 18 Quintaine, Sextaine, and Septimane [L. septimanae; Fr. septaines] feavours. 1674 B. A. Sick-mans Rare Jewel iv. 15 Quartane Fevers, whether continual or intermitting, Quintane, Sextane, and Septimane Fevers. 2. Of the number seven; belonging to a week.Apparently only in Bailey. ΚΠ 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Septimane, of the order of 7, also belonging to a Week. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020). < |
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