单词 | spiritus |
释义 | spiritusn. The animating or vital principle in living things; spirit, soul, or life force. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [noun] souleOE lifeOE spiritusOE bloodOE ghostOE life and soulOE quickship?c1225 quicknessc1230 breatha1300 spirita1325 spark1382 naturec1385 sparkle1388 livelinessa1398 rational soula1398 spiracle1398 animal spirit?a1425 vital spiritc1450 soul of the world1525 candle1535 fire1576 three souls1587 vitality?1592 candlelight1596 substance1605 vivacity1611 animality1615 vividity1616 animals1628 life spring1649 archeus1651 vital1670 spirituosity1677 springs of life1681 microcosmetor1684 vital force1702 vital spark (also flame)1704 stamen1718 vis vitae1752 prana1785 Purusha1785 jiva1807 vital force1822 heartbeat1828 world-soul1828 world-spirit1828 life energy1838 life force1848 ghost soul1869 will to live1871 biogen1882 ki1893 mauri1897 élan vital1907 orgone1942 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 20 Heo [sc. the soul] is on bocum manegum naman gecyged be hyre weorces þenungum. Hyre nama is anima, þæt is sawul, and seo nama gelympð to hire life; and spiritus, gast, belimpð to hire ymbwlatunge. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. l. 36 (MED) Whan I flye fro þe flesshe..Þanne am I spirit specheles, and spiritus þanne ich hatte. 1660 T. Forde Virtus Rediviva 128 The Spiritus, which, they say, is the breath of God, infused.., to say truth, they know not when. 1856 Ladies' Repository May 311/1 The ancient philosophers divided the nature of man into spiritus, anima, and corpus... The spiritus is his highest nature allying him to God. 1952 E. Farber Evol. Chem. iv. 53 Gas is a spiritus in its subtleness, without mystical connotations. 1994 Food & Wines from France (Sopexa) 5/2 Along with Grenache and Syrah, Mourvèdre is part of the corpus and spiritus of the Mediterranean vineyards. 2005 M. Roach Spook ii. 66 Descartes..described spiritus flowing through the nerves..and into the muscles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
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