dittanyn.

Brit.

/ˈdɪtəni/,

/ˈdɪtn̩i/, U.S.

/ˈdɪtn̩i/

Forms: Middle English ditoyne, Middle English dytan(e, diteyne, di-, dytayne, detane, Middle English–1500s detany, detanie, 1500s ditanie, dittayne, ditten, 1500s–1600s ditany, dittani(e, (1600s dittamy, diptani), 1500s– dittany. Also β. 1500s–1600s dictam, 1600s dictamne, dictamen; γ. (in Latin forms) 1500s dictamus, dictanum, ( dictamion), 1500s–1600s dictamnus, dictamnum.

Etymology: representing Old French ditan (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), ditain, diptam, dictam, later diptame, dictame, -amne < medieval Latin dictamus, dictamum, Latin dictamnus, dictamnum, Greek δίκταμνον, reputed to be < Δικτή, the mountain Dicte in the island of Crete, where (among other places) the herb grew. It is not easy to account for the English forms in -ayne, -any. But the word suffered great perversion in other languages also: thus medieval Latin had also diptamnus, diptamus, diptanus, ditanus, etc.: compare also Provençal diptamni (Littré), Italian dittamo.

a. A labiate plant, Origanum Dictamnus, called also Dictamnus Creticus or dittany of Crete; formerly famous for its alleged medicinal virtues.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > dittany of Crete

dittany?a1200

amaracusc1420

dittander1608

?a1200 ( tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Harl. 6258B) lxiii. 107 [Þyss]e wurte wos þe man dictanu[m & oþrum na]man ditanie nemneþ.

a1400 Pistill of Susan 114 Daysye and Ditoyne, Ysope and Aueroyne.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xvii. 31 b As the Harte stryken with an arrow driueth it out with Detany.

1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados xii. vii. 74 Venus..Caucht reuth and piete, of hyr sonnys diseis And from the wod, of mont Yda in Crete Up has sche pullit, Dictam, the herb swete.

1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xix. xvii. 147 An herbe whose vertue was to stanch the blood, As Dittamie.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxii. 314 Dittany of Crete has the small, purple flowers collected in loose nodding heads.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. ii. 484 Fresh dittany beloved of wild goats.

b. figurative. (From the supposed power of Cretan dittany to expel weapons.)

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [noun] > for healing wounds or fractures > for healing wounds > plant-derived or plant

comfreyc1265

wound-rocket1548

woundwort1548

wound-herb1597

dittany1624

wound-shrub1659

wound-weed1857

1624 Bp. J. Hall True Peace-maker 14 The shaft sticks still in thee..None but the Souereigne Dittany of thy Sauiours righteousnesse can driue it out.

1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 297 But this newes..was a forcible dittany to drive this arrow out of the wound.

1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 134 We shall receive from his Royal hand that Dictamnum [1659 (new ed.) Dictamum], which must expel these Arrows that hang in the sides of the Common-wealth.

1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xv. 179 The arrow which drinks up his spirit, there is no sovereign dittany which will cause it to drop from his side.

†2. Applied to another labiate, Marrubium Pseudodictamnus, also called bastard dittany. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > other labiate plants

dictamnusOE

MarrubiumOE

dittany1552

water horehound1578

bush basil1597

gypsy herb1726

Perilla1783

gypsywort1787

Malabar catmint1813

chia1832

nettle geranium1860

gas plant1863

coleus1885

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dittayne, called false dittayne, herb, condris.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxxviii. 267 The second kinde which is called Pseudodictamnum, that is to say Bastarde Dictam, is much like vnto the first..sauing that it is not hoate.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Dictame bastard, Bastard Dittanie; somewhat resembles the right one.

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 421 Pseudo-dictamnus..Bastard Dittany.

3. The English name for the genus Dictamnus (family Rutaceæ); esp. D. Fraxinella ( bastard dittany), and D. albus ( white dittany).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Xanthoxylaceae or Aurantiaceae (dittany and allies) > [noun]

dittany1605

fraxinella1664

pepperwort1676

xanthoxyl1846

stone-mint1855

Hesperides1857

1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. O iv Dictamnus growith no where ellis that I knowe of, sauynge only in Candye..Many haue abused fraxinella for thys herbe.]

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 177 Take..of white diptani,..of goates beard,..of each one handfull.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Dictame blanc, tragium, fraxinella; called also bastard, or false Dittanie; and oft mistaken..for the right Dittanie.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xix. 273 White Dittany or Fraxinella.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Dittany, Bastard, Dictamnus Fraxinella.

†4. Applied to Pepperwort, Lepidium latifolium (family Cruciferæ): see dittander n. 1.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > cress

cressa700

pepperworta1500

dittany1548

sciatica cress1562

way-cresses1562

churl's cress1578

churl's mustard1578

dittander1578

cockweed1585

colt1585

green mustard1597

peasant's mustard1597

sciatica grass1597

scar-wort1657

yellow-seed1818

money tree1934

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. E.i Lepidium..is called wyth a false name Dittany.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 41^v Detanye, or garden gynger.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. lxvi. 631 (heading) Of Dittander Dittany, but rather Pepperwurt.

5. Applied to various plants resembling the above in appearance or properties; esp. in U.S. to Cunila Mariana (family Labiatæ).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun]

heatha700

beeworteOE

leversc725

springworteOE

clotec1000

halswortc1000

sengreenc1000

bottle?a1200

bird's-tonguea1300

bloodworta1300

faverolea1300

vetchc1300

pimpernel1378

oniona1398

bird's nest?a1425

adder's grassc1450

cockheada1500

ambrosia1525

fleawort1548

son before the father1552

crow-toe1562

basil1578

bird's-foot1578

bloodroot1578

throatwort1578

phalangium1608

yew1653

chalcedon1664

dittany1676

bleeding heart1691

felon-wort1706

hedgehog1712

land caltrops1727

old man's beard1731

loosestrife1760

Solomon's seal1760

fireweed1764

desert rose1792

star of Bethlehem1793

hen and chickens1794

Aaron's beard1820

felon-grass1824

arrowroot1835

snake-root1856

firebush1858

tick-seed1860

bird's eye1863

burning bush1866

rat-tail1871

lamb's earsa1876

lamb's tongue plant1882

tar-weed1884

Tom Thumb1886

parrotbeak1890

stinkweed1932

1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 629 Here is also an herb which some call Dittany, others Pepper~wort; it is not Dittany of Candia, nor English Dittander.

1694 J. Clayton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 133 They fetch'd some of the Herb which they call Dittany, as having a great Traditionary Vertue for the Cure of Poisons.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 26 Snake-Root is called by some Dittany.

1855 C. A. Harris Dict. Med. Terminol., Dental Surg., & Collateral Sci. (ed. 2) 192/2 Dittany; mountain dittany; stone-mint; a plant possessing stimulant, carminative, and aromatic properties.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	dittany
释义	dittanyn. Brit. /ˈdɪtəni/, /ˈdɪtn̩i/, U.S. /ˈdɪtn̩i/ Forms: Middle English ditoyne, Middle English dytan(e, diteyne, di-, dytayne, detane, Middle English–1500s detany, detanie, 1500s ditanie, dittayne, ditten, 1500s–1600s ditany, dittani(e, (1600s dittamy, diptani), 1500s– dittany. Also β. 1500s–1600s dictam, 1600s dictamne, dictamen; γ. (in Latin forms) 1500s dictamus, dictanum, ( dictamion), 1500s–1600s dictamnus, dictamnum. Etymology: representing Old French ditan (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), ditain, diptam, dictam, later diptame, dictame, -amne < medieval Latin dictamus, dictamum, Latin dictamnus, dictamnum, Greek δίκταμνον, reputed to be < Δικτή, the mountain Dicte in the island of Crete, where (among other places) the herb grew. It is not easy to account for the English forms in -ayne, -any. But the word suffered great perversion in other languages also: thus medieval Latin had also diptamnus, diptamus, diptanus, ditanus, etc.: compare also Provençal diptamni (Littré), Italian dittamo. 1. a. A labiate plant, Origanum Dictamnus, called also Dictamnus Creticus or dittany of Crete; formerly famous for its alleged medicinal virtues. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > dittany of Crete dittany?a1200 amaracusc1420 dittander1608 ?a1200 ( tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Harl. 6258B) lxiii. 107 [Þyss]e wurte wos þe man dictanu[m & oþrum na]man ditanie nemneþ. a1400 Pistill of Susan 114 Daysye and Ditoyne, Ysope and Aueroyne. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xvii. 31 b As the Harte stryken with an arrow driueth it out with Detany. 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados xii. vii. 74 Venus..Caucht reuth and piete, of hyr sonnys diseis And from the wod, of mont Yda in Crete Up has sche pullit, Dictam, the herb swete. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xix. xvii. 147 An herbe whose vertue was to stanch the blood, As Dittamie. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxii. 314 Dittany of Crete has the small, purple flowers collected in loose nodding heads. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. ii. 484 Fresh dittany beloved of wild goats. b. figurative. (From the supposed power of Cretan dittany to expel weapons.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations to heal or generate tissue > [noun] > for healing wounds or fractures > for healing wounds > plant-derived or plant comfreyc1265 wound-rocket1548 woundwort1548 wound-herb1597 dittany1624 wound-shrub1659 wound-weed1857 1624 Bp. J. Hall True Peace-maker 14 The shaft sticks still in thee..None but the Souereigne Dittany of thy Sauiours righteousnesse can driue it out. 1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 297 But this newes..was a forcible dittany to drive this arrow out of the wound. 1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 134 We shall receive from his Royal hand that Dictamnum [1659 (new ed.) Dictamum], which must expel these Arrows that hang in the sides of the Common-wealth. 1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xv. 179 The arrow which drinks up his spirit, there is no sovereign dittany which will cause it to drop from his side. †2. Applied to another labiate, Marrubium Pseudodictamnus, also called bastard dittany. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > other labiate plants dictamnusOE MarrubiumOE dittany1552 water horehound1578 bush basil1597 gypsy herb1726 Perilla1783 gypsywort1787 Malabar catmint1813 chia1832 nettle geranium1860 gas plant1863 coleus1885 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dittayne, called false dittayne, herb, condris. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxxviii. 267 The second kinde which is called Pseudodictamnum, that is to say Bastarde Dictam, is much like vnto the first..sauing that it is not hoate. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Dictame bastard, Bastard Dittanie; somewhat resembles the right one. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxii. 421 Pseudo-dictamnus..Bastard Dittany. 3. The English name for the genus Dictamnus (family Rutaceæ); esp. D. Fraxinella ( bastard dittany), and D. albus ( white dittany). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Xanthoxylaceae or Aurantiaceae (dittany and allies) > [noun] dittany1605 fraxinella1664 pepperwort1676 xanthoxyl1846 stone-mint1855 Hesperides1857 1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. O iv Dictamnus growith no where ellis that I knowe of, sauynge only in Candye..Many haue abused fraxinella for thys herbe.] 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 177 Take..of white diptani,..of goates beard,..of each one handfull. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Dictame blanc, tragium, fraxinella; called also bastard, or false Dittanie; and oft mistaken..for the right Dittanie. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xix. 273 White Dittany or Fraxinella. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Dittany, Bastard, Dictamnus Fraxinella. †4. Applied to Pepperwort, Lepidium latifolium (family Cruciferæ): see dittander n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > cress cressa700 pepperworta1500 dittany1548 sciatica cress1562 way-cresses1562 churl's cress1578 churl's mustard1578 dittander1578 cockweed1585 colt1585 green mustard1597 peasant's mustard1597 sciatica grass1597 scar-wort1657 yellow-seed1818 money tree1934 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. E.i Lepidium..is called wyth a false name Dittany. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 41^v Detanye, or garden gynger. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. lxvi. 631 (heading) Of Dittander Dittany, but rather Pepperwurt. 5. Applied to various plants resembling the above in appearance or properties; esp. in U.S. to Cunila Mariana (family Labiatæ). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun] heatha700 beeworteOE leversc725 springworteOE clotec1000 halswortc1000 sengreenc1000 bottle?a1200 bird's-tonguea1300 bloodworta1300 faverolea1300 vetchc1300 pimpernel1378 oniona1398 bird's nest?a1425 adder's grassc1450 cockheada1500 ambrosia1525 fleawort1548 son before the father1552 crow-toe1562 basil1578 bird's-foot1578 bloodroot1578 throatwort1578 phalangium1608 yew1653 chalcedon1664 dittany1676 bleeding heart1691 felon-wort1706 hedgehog1712 land caltrops1727 old man's beard1731 loosestrife1760 Solomon's seal1760 fireweed1764 desert rose1792 star of Bethlehem1793 hen and chickens1794 Aaron's beard1820 felon-grass1824 arrowroot1835 snake-root1856 firebush1858 tick-seed1860 bird's eye1863 burning bush1866 rat-tail1871 lamb's earsa1876 lamb's tongue plant1882 tar-weed1884 Tom Thumb1886 parrotbeak1890 stinkweed1932 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 629 Here is also an herb which some call Dittany, others Pepper~wort; it is not Dittany of Candia, nor English Dittander. 1694 J. Clayton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 133 They fetch'd some of the Herb which they call Dittany, as having a great Traditionary Vertue for the Cure of Poisons. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 26 Snake-Root is called by some Dittany. 1855 C. A. Harris Dict. Med. Terminol., Dental Surg., & Collateral Sci. (ed. 2) 192/2 Dittany; mountain dittany; stone-mint; a plant possessing stimulant, carminative, and aromatic properties. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1200
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