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单词 smaragdine
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smaragdinen.adj.

/sməˈraɡdɪn//sməˈraɡdʌɪn/
Forms: Also Middle English smaragdin, smaragdyn(e, smaragden, smaragdan, smaragdone, 1500s smaradine.
Etymology: < Latin smaragdinus of emerald, < Greek σμαράγδινος , < σμάραγδος : see smaragdus n. Compare Old French smaragdine noun, modern French smaragdin, -ine adjective.
A. n.
= smaragd n.This use is due to a misunderstanding of the Vulgate text of Revelation iv. 3 ‘similis visioni smaragdinæ’, which in turn is an inaccurate rendering of the Greek ὅμοιος ὁράσει σμαραγδίνῳ.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > beryl > [noun] > emerald
smaragda1300
emeraldc1300
prasine?c1335
smaragdine1382
smaragdus1382
smarald1599
prasine stone1665
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. iv. 3 The reynbowe was in the cumpas of the seete, lijk to the siȝt of smaragdyn.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 840 Ther sitten fyve Stones mo: The smaragdine is on of tho.
c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) clv Off bestis sawe I mony divers kynd..The pantere, like unto the smaragdyne.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 924 Þis stone full of strenght,..smaragden hit hat.
1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London D iv Besides I haue Diamondes, Rubyes, Emerodes,..Smaradines,..and almost of all kinde of precious stones.
B. adj.
1. Of or belonging to, consisting of, a smaragd; resembling that of a smaragd; of an emerald green.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > bright green
smaragdine1591
emerald-green1637
poison green1749
emeraldine1855
lime-green1890
twig-green1892
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > beryl > [adjective] > emerald
smaragdine1591
1591 T. Lodge Catharos f. 17v He..putteth a Smaragdine stone in his nest, against venemous beastes of the mountaines.
1611 H. Broughton Require of Agreement 56 Now what meaneth this? A Rainbow was about the throne, in sight Smaragdine.
1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 170 If gold and silver together, a Smaragdine colour.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 283 Smaragdine (Smaragdinus), the green splendour of the emerald.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 120 The spiritual sun, The Heavenly Earth smaragdine,..still exist.
1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 91 That smaragdine mirror (their chief toy Which all the angels wrought).
in combination.1651 J. French Art Distillation v. 168 A smaragdine-greene.1842 W. Howitt Rural & Domest. Life Germany 349 Lakes and floods of the most lovely smaragdine-coloured waters.
2. smaragdine table n. a medieval Latin work on alchemy, Tabula Smaragdina (publ. 1541), attributed to the Egyptian Hermes Trismegistus.
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the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical treatises or works > [noun]
rosaryc1405
accurtation?c1570
smaragdine table1597
1597 tr. ‘Hortulanus’ Briefe Comm. in tr. R. Bacon Mirror of Alchimy 17 (heading) A brief Commentarie upon the Smaragdine Table of Hermes of Alchemy.
1652 H. P. (title) Five Treatises of the Philosophers Stone... To which is added the Smaragdine Table.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 426. ⁋6 I shall never forget the venerable Air of his Countenance, when he let me into the profound Mysteries of the Smaragdine Table of Hermes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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