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单词 ergo
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ergon.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ergo adv.
Etymology: < ergo adv.
Obsolete.
1. The adverb ergo used as a name for itself; hence, a conclusion, a conclusive authorization.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > conclusive proof or argument
proving?c1225
demonstrationa1393
warranta1450
satisfaction1584
clunchfist1590
ergo1590
apodixis1646
ergotism1656
clinker1733
clincher1804
clencher1878
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. D2v Such a quoile with pro and con, such vrging of Ergoes.
1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. G7v The currant of his speech is clos'd with an Ergô.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 259 We come not to the Ergo of our knowledge untill we come to the conclusion of our daies.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 175 No conclusive argument could then be framed, without the Ergo of the royall Assent.
1867 J. R. Lowell Fitz Adam's Story in Poems (1912) 569 His fancy's thrall, he drew all ergos thence, And thought himself the type of common sense.
2. A ‘logic-chopper’.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] > practitioner of
ergonist1593
ergo1597
subtilist1610
subtilizer1611
ob-and-soller1678
ergoteerer1687
splitter1699
ergotist1739
subtlist1829
straw-splitter1844
hair-splitter1851
pilpulist1859
ergoteur1881
1597 1st Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus iii. i. 979 I reward the poor ergoes most bountifullie, and send them away.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

ergov.

Etymology: < ergo adv.; compare ergot v.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To use the term ergo. In quot. 1589 quasi-transitive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward for discussion [verb (intransitive)] > use 'ergo'
ergo1589
1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 14 He will ergo Martin into an ague.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

ergoadv.

Brit. /ˈəːɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈərɡoʊ/, /ˈɛrɡoʊ/
Etymology: < Latin ergo therefore.
Logic.
A word used (like English ‘therefore’) to mark the conclusion of a syllogism.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [adverb] > therefore
ergo?a1400
?a1400 Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) II. 45 Ergo, a kinge thou arte or was.
?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. bb.iiiv Ergo my labour was not in vayn.
1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 41v, in Apol. Priuate Masse Ergo it ought to remaine indifferent.
1625 W. Pemble Justification (1629) 131 To rebell against the Law is sinne. Ergo, To haue a rebellious inclination is sinne likewise.
1780 W. Cowper Let. 23 June (1979) I. 358 Ergo, (I have reached the conclusion at last) I did not mean to flatter you.
1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 343Ergo’ says one, if a 56lb. ball can be thrown 3¼ miles, certain a 68lb. ball can be thrown further, for ‘weight is power’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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