aglaophotisn.

Brit.

/ˌaɡleɪəˈfəʊtᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌæɡleɪəˈfoʊdəs/

Forms: Old English–early Middle English aglaofotis, 1500s– aglaophotis, 1500s–1600s aglaophotides (plural).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin aglaophōtis.

Etymology: < classical Latin aglaophōtis (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek ἀγλαοϕῶτις , name of a plant with supposed magical properties, also listed by Dioscorides as a name of the peony, Paeonia officinalis, literally ‘brightly shining’ < ἀγλαός splendid (perhaps related to γαλήνη calm, or ἀγάλλεσθαι to glory, exult: see agalma n.) + ϕῶς light (see photo- comb. form).More or less fantastical accounts of the plant are given by Pliny and the Hellenistic Greek writer Aelian. It is not clear whether the tale of the plant's supposed luminescence gave rise to the name or was inspired by it; some authors (identifying the plant with the peony) allude rather to a bright colour. The word was reborrowed in the 17th cent.; there is no continuity with the Old English and early Middle English use.

Now archaic or historical.

A legendary plant to which various medicinal or magical properties have been attributed, sometimes identified with the peony.The passage in quot. OE has no exact counterpart in the Latin source, although it appears to derive at least in part from the chapter on the peony (in which aglaofotis is also given as a synonym for peonia); the plant in the passage has therefore been tentatively identified with the peony; there is no support for the identification with the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, found in MS Harley 6258B.

ΚΠ

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) clxxi. 214 Ðeos wyrt ðe man aglaofotis & oðrum naman [lacuna; OE Harl. 585 clause omitted; ?a1200 Harl. 6258B foxes gloua] nemneþ scineð on nihte swa blæse, & heo mæg wið manega untrumnyssa... Genim þysse ylcan wyrte seaw aglaofotis mid rosenan ele gemencged, smyre þone seocan.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. ccclxiv. 832 It is called of diuers Aglaophotis, or Brightly shining, taking his name of the shining and glittering grains, which are of the colour of scarlet.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiv. xvii. 203 In the first place he [sc. Democritus] telleth us of an hearbe called Aglaophotis, Worthie to bee admired and wondered of men, by reason of that most beautifull colour which it had.

1684 I. Mather Ess. for Recording Illustrious Providences viii. 254 Pliny taught that the Herb called Aglaophotis had power to raise the Gods, (so did they call the Devils whom they served).

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Aglaophotis, a certain Herb of a glorious Colour, with which Magicians used to call forth Devils; some call it Peony.

1846 A. T. Thomson tr. E. Salverte Occult Sci. (1847) I. 185 Such marvelous virtues were ascribed to the plant named baaras, or cynospastos, that it was important for the Thaumaturgists to retain it entirely for their particular use. [Note] It was also called Aglaophotis. It is the Atropa Mandragora of modern botanists.

1905 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 40 492 Baaras is said to be used to ‘drive out demons’, while aglaophotis is good for epilepsy,—doubtless the same malady in each case.

1963 B. Battershaw tr. H. S. J. Rahner Greek Myths & Christian Myst. (1971) v. 244 Hopfner has shown beyond doubt that this name ‘aglaophotis’ was given to more than one plant, possibly to any plant which because of its brightness was held to come under the influence of Hecate-Selene.

1998 D. Harms & J. W. Gonce Necronomicon Files (2003) vi. 170 Since all the authorities, ancient and modern, agree that demons have an allergic reaction to peonies (alias aglaophotis), I must ask what would happen to the hapless Necro-nerd who summons a demon while burning aglaophotis as Simon advises.

2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 5/1 Aglaophotis, an Arabian herb used in sorcery to evoke demons.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aglaophotis
释义	aglaophotisn. Brit. /ˌaɡleɪəˈfəʊtᵻs/, U.S. /ˌæɡleɪəˈfoʊdəs/ Forms: Old English–early Middle English aglaofotis, 1500s– aglaophotis, 1500s–1600s aglaophotides (plural). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin aglaophōtis. Etymology: < classical Latin aglaophōtis (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek ἀγλαοϕῶτις , name of a plant with supposed magical properties, also listed by Dioscorides as a name of the peony, Paeonia officinalis, literally ‘brightly shining’ < ἀγλαός splendid (perhaps related to γαλήνη calm, or ἀγάλλεσθαι to glory, exult: see agalma n.) + ϕῶς light (see photo- comb. form).More or less fantastical accounts of the plant are given by Pliny and the Hellenistic Greek writer Aelian. It is not clear whether the tale of the plant's supposed luminescence gave rise to the name or was inspired by it; some authors (identifying the plant with the peony) allude rather to a bright colour. The word was reborrowed in the 17th cent.; there is no continuity with the Old English and early Middle English use. Now archaic or historical. A legendary plant to which various medicinal or magical properties have been attributed, sometimes identified with the peony.The passage in quot. OE has no exact counterpart in the Latin source, although it appears to derive at least in part from the chapter on the peony (in which aglaofotis is also given as a synonym for peonia); the plant in the passage has therefore been tentatively identified with the peony; there is no support for the identification with the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, found in MS Harley 6258B. ΚΠ OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) clxxi. 214 Ðeos wyrt ðe man aglaofotis & oðrum naman [lacuna; OE Harl. 585 clause omitted; ?a1200 Harl. 6258B foxes gloua] nemneþ scineð on nihte swa blæse, & heo mæg wið manega untrumnyssa... Genim þysse ylcan wyrte seaw aglaofotis mid rosenan ele gemencged, smyre þone seocan. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. ccclxiv. 832 It is called of diuers Aglaophotis, or Brightly shining, taking his name of the shining and glittering grains, which are of the colour of scarlet. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiv. xvii. 203 In the first place he [sc. Democritus] telleth us of an hearbe called Aglaophotis, Worthie to bee admired and wondered of men, by reason of that most beautifull colour which it had. 1684 I. Mather Ess. for Recording Illustrious Providences viii. 254 Pliny taught that the Herb called Aglaophotis had power to raise the Gods, (so did they call the Devils whom they served). 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Aglaophotis, a certain Herb of a glorious Colour, with which Magicians used to call forth Devils; some call it Peony. 1846 A. T. Thomson tr. E. Salverte Occult Sci. (1847) I. 185 Such marvelous virtues were ascribed to the plant named baaras, or cynospastos, that it was important for the Thaumaturgists to retain it entirely for their particular use. [Note] It was also called Aglaophotis. It is the Atropa Mandragora of modern botanists. 1905 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 40 492 Baaras is said to be used to ‘drive out demons’, while aglaophotis is good for epilepsy,—doubtless the same malady in each case. 1963 B. Battershaw tr. H. S. J. Rahner Greek Myths & Christian Myst. (1971) v. 244 Hopfner has shown beyond doubt that this name ‘aglaophotis’ was given to more than one plant, possibly to any plant which because of its brightness was held to come under the influence of Hecate-Selene. 1998 D. Harms & J. W. Gonce Necronomicon Files (2003) vi. 170 Since all the authorities, ancient and modern, agree that demons have an allergic reaction to peonies (alias aglaophotis), I must ask what would happen to the hapless Necro-nerd who summons a demon while burning aglaophotis as Simon advises. 2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 5/1 Aglaophotis, an Arabian herb used in sorcery to evoke demons. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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