单词 | diapente |
释义 | † diapenten. Obsolete. 1. In ancient and medieval Music: The consonance or interval of a fifth. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > fifth > in medieval music diapentea1398 hemiolia1597 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxxvi. 1364 Acordes in musik haueþ names of nombres..as is [read it] fareþ in diatesseroun, in diapente and in diapasoun, and in oþre consonanciis and acordes. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) v. i. 72 The fayre dyapente, the swete Dyapason. 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. xcvii. 290 a By what tunes of numbers Diapente, or Diapason consisteth..a deafe man may vnderstande. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 18 Diapente, is a Consonance of fiue Voyces, and 4. Interuals..Or it is the leaping of one Voyce to another by a fift, consisting of three Tones, and a semitone. 1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 70 A Diapente added to a Diatessaron makes a Diapason. 1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson 376 (note) Answering to the unison, the diapente, the diatessaron, and the diapason, the sweetest concords in musick. 1876 J. Hiles Catech. Organ (1878) ix. 69. 2. a. In old Pharmacology: A medicine composed of five ingredients.Originally, an electuary formed by adding ivory shavings to the diatessaron. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > medicine of mixed ingredients confectiona1398 mixtiona1398 diatessaronc1400 ingredience1526 mixture1562 diapente1610 ingrediency1639 tetrapharmacon1728 polypharmaceutical1961 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xcvii. 192 This word Diapente is as much as to say, a composition of fiue simples. 1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husbandry (1668) i. i. 7 Give him..2 spoonfuls of Diapente..which is called Horse-Mitridate. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Diapente, also a Composition consisting of five ingredients, viz. Myrrh, Gentian, Birthwort, Ivory and Bay-berries..it is given by Farriers to Horses that want purging. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. b. transferred. A beverage composed of five ingredients; punch. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > hot alcoholic drinks (with milk or eggs) > [noun] > punch punch1600 diapente1706 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 157 That enervating Liquor called Paunch (which is Indostan for Five) from Five Ingredients; as the Physicians name their Composition Diapente.] 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Diapente, also, a kind of strong Water, made of five several Simples. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1744 J. Lining in Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 497 The Punch, or Diapente..is made thus: Take Water 2 Pounds, Sugar 11/ 2 Ounce, recent Juice of Limes 21/ 2 Ounces, Rum 31/ 2 Ounces. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1398 |
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