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‖ penˈtagonon Obs.
[a. Gr. πεντάγωνον, n. use of neuter of πεντάγων-ος: see pentagon.]
1. = pentagram, pentangle 1.
The forms pentaganon, pentagoron, pentageron, here cited, appear to be corruptions or scribal errors.
c1590Greene Fr. Bacon ii. (1594) B ij, The great arch⁓ruler, potentate of hell, Trembles, when Bacon bids him, or his fiends Bow to the force of his Pentageron. Ibid. xiii. H ij, Coniuring and adiuring diuils and fiends, With stole and albe and strange Pentaganon. 1592Nashe P. Penilesse Wks. (Grosart) II. 126 Some of old time put great superstition in characters, curiously engraued in their Pentagonon, but they are all vaine, and will do no good. c1605Rowley Birth Merl. v. i. (1662) G ij b, Ile binde you up with exorcisms so strong, that all the black pentagoron of hell, shall ne're release you.
2. = pentagon B.
1625Purchas Pilgrims I. v. xiii. 698 A faire and strong Castle, a regular Pentagonon well fortified. |