ciniphesn.

Forms: Also cinifes, cyniphs.

Obsolete.

With plural agreement. A word taken over from the Vulgate [representing Greek σκνίϕες, plural, of σκνίψ, of the Septuagint.] , where it is applied to the insects which constituted the third plague of Egypt (Exodus viii. 17); variously supposed to be gnats, lice, fleas. Also occasionally in singular.Bailey has ‘ciniphes’.

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a1571 J. Jewel Certaine Serm. (1583) sig. C5^v The Ciniphes were but litle, yet are thei reckoned among the great plagues of God.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 238 Among the Cyniph plagues this still shall beare the bell.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Psalms civ. 31 And the cinifes in al their coastes.

a1631 J. Donne Ess. Divinity (1651) 183 When they attempted to make Cyniphs..if those Cyniphs were lice, (as many Translations call them)..And if by Cyniph be express'd some flie..[etc.].

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ciniph, a gnat.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ (ed. 3) ii. x. §10. 358 In turning the dust into ciniphes [v.r. Ciphinies] (which we render lice).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	ciniphes
释义	ciniphesn. Forms: Also cinifes, cyniphs. Obsolete. With plural agreement. A word taken over from the Vulgate [representing Greek σκνίϕες, plural, of σκνίψ, of the Septuagint.] , where it is applied to the insects which constituted the third plague of Egypt (Exodus viii. 17); variously supposed to be gnats, lice, fleas. Also occasionally in singular.Bailey has ‘ciniphes’. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) filtha1398 sciniphesa1500 ciniphesa1571 blain-worma1652 flya1704 stroller1705 a1571 J. Jewel Certaine Serm. (1583) sig. C5^v The Ciniphes were but litle, yet are thei reckoned among the great plagues of God. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 238 Among the Cyniph plagues this still shall beare the bell. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Psalms civ. 31 And the cinifes in al their coastes. a1631 J. Donne Ess. Divinity (1651) 183 When they attempted to make Cyniphs..if those Cyniphs were lice, (as many Translations call them)..And if by Cyniph be express'd some flie..[etc.]. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ciniph, a gnat. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ (ed. 3) ii. x. §10. 358 In turning the dust into ciniphes [v.r. Ciphinies] (which we render lice). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1571
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