Aesculapianadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌiːskjᵿˈleɪpɪən/, U.S.

/ˌɛskəˈleɪpiən/

Forms: 1600s– Aesculapian, 1700s– Esculapian.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Aesculāpius , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Aesculāpius, adjective ( < the name of Aesculāpius : see Aesculapius n.) + -an suffix. With the application to a snake (see sense A. 2) compare French serpent d'Esculape (1735).

A. adj.

1. Of or relating to Aesculapius; of or relating to medicine or doctors; healing, medical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [adjective]

medicinala1387

curative?a1425

physic?a1425

physical?a1425

medicinablec1475

Aesculapian1604

medical1646

physico-medical1677

sanative1695

medic1700

iatrical1816

iatric1851

sanatory1870

med1933

1604 T. Dekker Newes from Graues-end sig. F3^v They those Delphick Prophets are, That teach dead bodies to respire By sacred Æsculapian fire.

1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iv. sig. H2^v Turne ore all the volumes Of your mysterious Æsculapian science.

1680 W. Petty Upon Earl of Ossory 4 Palliate this Sore, some Æsculapian Hand!

1726 R. Blackmore Disc. Gout Pref. p. xiii Procure for him..all the Commentators on Hippocrates, all the Greek Physicians after Galen, all the Works of the Arabian Worthies of the Æsculapian Line.

1758 G. Washington Let. 4 Mar. in Papers (1988) V. 101 My disorder at times returning obstinately upon me in spite of the efforts of all the Esculapion Tribe.

1792 D. Lloyd Voy. Life v. 107 Æsculapian art could not restore The springs and movements into harmony.

1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 4 The time at which Roland Bridges began his Esculapian labours.

1854 M. S. Cummins Lamplighter xxxiv. 241 The doctor..was..occupied with visits to some of his Æsculapian brethren, several of whom were college class-mates.

1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §87 There is an Æsculapian as well as an evil serpentry among the Draconidæ.

1905 Folk-lore 16 153 A beneficial symbol, like the asp from the Isiac crown or the Aesculapian snake.

1927 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 1003/1 The bearings are in enamel... They consist of a shield with..an Aesculapian rod in pale between a lancet on the dexter and a poppy slipped and seeded on the sinister.

1995 New Scientist 28 Nov. 50/3 Sir Bernard wants to close 10 London hospitals including such sacred Aesculapian temples as Bart's and the Charing Cross and Queen Charlotte's.

2. Designating any of various snakes likened to or identified with that in the emblem of Aesculapius (a serpent entwined around a staff); (in later use) spec. a European colubrid snake, Elaphe longissima, with which this symbolic snake is now usually identified.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Elaphe (rat-snake)

chicken snake1698

Aesculapian1763

house snake1807

rat snake1818

pilot snake1854

fox-snake1857

1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. xlviii. 367 The Æsculapian Serpent of Brasil, is near three ells in length, with the head covered with large beautiful scales.

1823 tr. J. P. F. Deleuze Hist. & Descr. Royal Mus. Nat. Hist. II. 408 The genus coluber is the most numerous of all. We shall mention only five species amongst those that inhabit our climate... 5th. The æsculapian snake, which in all probability is the same with the serpent of Epidaurus.

1965 R. Morris & D. Morris Men & Snakes iv. 73 The snake thought to be most plausibly identified with the snake symbol of Aesculapius is Elaphe longissima, popularly known as the Aesculapian snake.

1992 Times 26 Feb. 7/1 The New Zealand flatworm, Italian crested newt and aesculapian snake are to be added to the list of banned species [i.e. banned from import to the UK].

2006 C. Roots Hibernation iv. 88 Aesculapian snakes are good climbers, and prefer dry habitat, especially sheltered and sunny scrubland.

B. n.

A physician, a medical practitioner; = Aesculapius n. Now rare (in later use chiefly humorous). In quot. 1694 as part of an extended metaphor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun]

physician?c1225

leecherc1374

practiserc1387

doctora1400

flesh-leecha1400

leechman14..

mediciner?a1425

miria1425

M.D.1425

medicine?c1450

practitioner?1543

minister1559

doc1563

artist1565

medicus1570

medicianera1578

Aesculapius1586

Dra1593

pisspot1592

medician1597

physicianer1598

medicinary1599

pisspot1600

velvet-cap1602

healer1611

Galena1616

physiner1616

clyster1621

clyster-pipe1622

hakim1623

medic1625

practicant1630

medico1647

physicker1649

physicster1689

Aesculapian1694

nim-gimmer1699

pill-monger1706

medical man1784

meester1812

medical1823

pill-gilder1824

therapeutist1830

pill1835

pill roller1843

med1851

pill-peddler1855

therapeutic1858

squirt1859

medicine man1866

pill pusher1879

therapist1886

doser1888

internist1894

pill-shooter1911

whitecoat1911

quack1919

vet1925

1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 273 Few junior Piscatorians have thorowly consulted this Æsculapian, who beyond dispute is of a Balsamick Nature; whose slimy Sides administer Relief.

1745 Misc. Corr. No. 5. 223 One of these rural Esculapians, perhaps one of the greatest which the country ever produced, deserves to be described.

1862 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 June 614/1 The college of Surgeons has been entrusted with a charter to enable it to regulate the course of education of the young Æsculapians.

1873 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. (1874) 19 i. 568 We thus see that this great surgeon..saw the national importance of the Æsculapians getting their due supplies of claret.

1973 A. F. Guttmacher in D. F. Walbert & J. D. Butler Abortion, Society & Law 63 My debut as an Aesculapian.

1985 Synthese 65 206 This colleague is a bit of a curmudgeon who jealously guards his secrets and who is not at all inclined to share them with his fellow Aesculapians.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	aesculapian
释义	Aesculapianadj.n. Brit. /ˌiːskjᵿˈleɪpɪən/, U.S. /ˌɛskəˈleɪpiən/ Forms: 1600s– Aesculapian, 1700s– Esculapian. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Aesculāpius , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Aesculāpius, adjective ( < the name of Aesculāpius : see Aesculapius n.) + -an suffix. With the application to a snake (see sense A. 2) compare French serpent d'Esculape (1735). A. adj. 1. Of or relating to Aesculapius; of or relating to medicine or doctors; healing, medical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [adjective] medicinala1387 curative?a1425 physic?a1425 physical?a1425 medicinablec1475 Aesculapian1604 medical1646 physico-medical1677 sanative1695 medic1700 iatrical1816 iatric1851 sanatory1870 med1933 1604 T. Dekker Newes from Graues-end sig. F3^v They those Delphick Prophets are, That teach dead bodies to respire By sacred Æsculapian fire. 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iv. sig. H2^v Turne ore all the volumes Of your mysterious Æsculapian science. 1680 W. Petty Upon Earl of Ossory 4 Palliate this Sore, some Æsculapian Hand! 1726 R. Blackmore Disc. Gout Pref. p. xiii Procure for him..all the Commentators on Hippocrates, all the Greek Physicians after Galen, all the Works of the Arabian Worthies of the Æsculapian Line. 1758 G. Washington Let. 4 Mar. in Papers (1988) V. 101 My disorder at times returning obstinately upon me in spite of the efforts of all the Esculapion Tribe. 1792 D. Lloyd Voy. Life v. 107 Æsculapian art could not restore The springs and movements into harmony. 1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 4 The time at which Roland Bridges began his Esculapian labours. 1854 M. S. Cummins Lamplighter xxxiv. 241 The doctor..was..occupied with visits to some of his Æsculapian brethren, several of whom were college class-mates. 1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §87 There is an Æsculapian as well as an evil serpentry among the Draconidæ. 1905 Folk-lore 16 153 A beneficial symbol, like the asp from the Isiac crown or the Aesculapian snake. 1927 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 1003/1 The bearings are in enamel... They consist of a shield with..an Aesculapian rod in pale between a lancet on the dexter and a poppy slipped and seeded on the sinister. 1995 New Scientist 28 Nov. 50/3 Sir Bernard wants to close 10 London hospitals including such sacred Aesculapian temples as Bart's and the Charing Cross and Queen Charlotte's. 2. Designating any of various snakes likened to or identified with that in the emblem of Aesculapius (a serpent entwined around a staff); (in later use) spec. a European colubrid snake, Elaphe longissima, with which this symbolic snake is now usually identified. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Elaphe (rat-snake) chicken snake1698 Aesculapian1763 house snake1807 rat snake1818 pilot snake1854 fox-snake1857 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. III. xlviii. 367 The Æsculapian Serpent of Brasil, is near three ells in length, with the head covered with large beautiful scales. 1823 tr. J. P. F. Deleuze Hist. & Descr. Royal Mus. Nat. Hist. II. 408 The genus coluber is the most numerous of all. We shall mention only five species amongst those that inhabit our climate... 5th. The æsculapian snake, which in all probability is the same with the serpent of Epidaurus. 1965 R. Morris & D. Morris Men & Snakes iv. 73 The snake thought to be most plausibly identified with the snake symbol of Aesculapius is Elaphe longissima, popularly known as the Aesculapian snake. 1992 Times 26 Feb. 7/1 The New Zealand flatworm, Italian crested newt and aesculapian snake are to be added to the list of banned species [i.e. banned from import to the UK]. 2006 C. Roots Hibernation iv. 88 Aesculapian snakes are good climbers, and prefer dry habitat, especially sheltered and sunny scrubland. B. n. A physician, a medical practitioner; = Aesculapius n. Now rare (in later use chiefly humorous). In quot. 1694 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] physician?c1225 leecherc1374 practiserc1387 doctora1400 flesh-leecha1400 leechman14.. mediciner?a1425 miria1425 M.D.1425 medicine?c1450 practitioner?1543 minister1559 doc1563 artist1565 medicus1570 medicianera1578 Aesculapius1586 Dra1593 pisspot1592 medician1597 physicianer1598 medicinary1599 pisspot1600 velvet-cap1602 healer1611 Galena1616 physiner1616 clyster1621 clyster-pipe1622 hakim1623 medic1625 practicant1630 medico1647 physicker1649 physicster1689 Aesculapian1694 nim-gimmer1699 pill-monger1706 medical man1784 meester1812 medical1823 pill-gilder1824 therapeutist1830 pill1835 pill roller1843 med1851 pill-peddler1855 therapeutic1858 squirt1859 medicine man1866 pill pusher1879 therapist1886 doser1888 internist1894 pill-shooter1911 whitecoat1911 quack1919 vet1925 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 273 Few junior Piscatorians have thorowly consulted this Æsculapian, who beyond dispute is of a Balsamick Nature; whose slimy Sides administer Relief. 1745 Misc. Corr. No. 5. 223 One of these rural Esculapians, perhaps one of the greatest which the country ever produced, deserves to be described. 1862 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 June 614/1 The college of Surgeons has been entrusted with a charter to enable it to regulate the course of education of the young Æsculapians. 1873 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. (1874) 19 i. 568 We thus see that this great surgeon..saw the national importance of the Æsculapians getting their due supplies of claret. 1973 A. F. Guttmacher in D. F. Walbert & J. D. Butler Abortion, Society & Law 63 My debut as an Aesculapian. 1985 Synthese 65 206 This colleague is a bit of a curmudgeon who jealously guards his secrets and who is not at all inclined to share them with his fellow Aesculapians. 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