individuum vagumn.

Brit.

/ˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒʊəm ˈveɪɡəm/,

/ˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒʊəm ˈvɑːɡəm/,

/ˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjʊəm ˈveɪɡəm/,

/ˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjʊəm ˈvɑːɡəm/, U.S.

/ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒ(ə)wəm ˈveɪɡəm/,

/ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒ(ə)wəm ˈvæɡəm/

Forms: 1500s–1600s indiuiduum vagum, 1600s– individuum vagum.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin individuum vagum.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin individuum vagum (a1274 in Aquinas; from 14th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin indīviduum individuum n. + vagum , neuter of vagus vague adj., adv., and n.²

Now rare (chiefly historical in later use).

Logic. Something categorized as an individual, without being identified as a particular individual or an individual of a particular kind. Also occasionally in extended use: a person or thing of no worth or substance; a cipher.In early use frequently with reference to disputes concerning the nature of the Eucharist.

ΚΠ

1550 T. Cranmer Def. Sacrament f. 59 And other som say, that by the pronoune (this) he ment nether the bread nor wyne, nor his body nor bloud, but that he ment a particular thyng vncertayne, whiche they cal Indiuiduum vagum.

1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church ii. v. f. 107 That this holie breadgod should bee made of an Indiuiduum vagum.

1599 T. Blundeville Art of Logike i. iii. 4 In speaking of thinges absent or vncertainely knowne, wee expresse our myndes oftentimes by indiuidua vaga.

1628 H. Burton Tryall Priuate Deuotions sig. K3^v You had no other Approbation of this booke, but onely an Indiuiduum vagum written in a loose Paper.

1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger 6 My Man is a Man of Clouts, a Man in the Clouds, a meer Individuum Vagum.

1701 tr. Present State Europe Jan. 277 The Master had barely and candidly return'd his Holiness's Answer to the Squire, without making Use of that Individuum Vagum of a Term, I Believe.

1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus 31 in A. Pope Wks. II From particular propositions nothing can be concluded, because the Individua vaga are..barren.

1840 Brit. Mag. & Monthly Reg. Sept. 256 Nor can it [sc. the word ‘hoc’] signify an individuum vagum, because the substance of the bread is still remaining at the time when Hoc is pronounced; and an individuum vagum cannot be pointed out or demonstrated.

1873 Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. New Ser. 9 344 The individuum vagum..occasioned great difficulty from its having a certain generality, being capable, apparently, of logical division.

1921 Classical Rev. 35 19/1 The whole phrase [sc. τόδε τι] was held to signify what in scholastic language may be called the individuum vagum of the class of ‘somewhats’—i.e. ‘this or that somewhat’, ‘any somewhat’.

1993 A. N. Prior in R. Le Poidevin & M. MacBeath Philos. of Time ii. 44 I have read that some of the schoolmen described the subject of sentences like ‘someone has stolen my pencil’ as an individuum vagum, but of course this is a makeshift—forcing things into a pattern.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	individuum vagum
释义	individuum vagumn. Brit. /ˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒʊəm ˈveɪɡəm/, /ˌɪndᵻˈvɪdʒʊəm ˈvɑːɡəm/, /ˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjʊəm ˈveɪɡəm/, /ˌɪndᵻˈvɪdjʊəm ˈvɑːɡəm/, U.S. /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒ(ə)wəm ˈveɪɡəm/, /ˌɪndəˈvɪdʒ(ə)wəm ˈvæɡəm/ Forms: 1500s–1600s indiuiduum vagum, 1600s– individuum vagum. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin individuum vagum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin individuum vagum (a1274 in Aquinas; from 14th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin indīviduum individuum n. + vagum , neuter of vagus vague adj., adv., and n.² Now rare (chiefly historical in later use). Logic. Something categorized as an individual, without being identified as a particular individual or an individual of a particular kind. Also occasionally in extended use: a person or thing of no worth or substance; a cipher.In early use frequently with reference to disputes concerning the nature of the Eucharist. ΚΠ 1550 T. Cranmer Def. Sacrament f. 59 And other som say, that by the pronoune (this) he ment nether the bread nor wyne, nor his body nor bloud, but that he ment a particular thyng vncertayne, whiche they cal Indiuiduum vagum. 1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church ii. v. f. 107 That this holie breadgod should bee made of an Indiuiduum vagum. 1599 T. Blundeville Art of Logike i. iii. 4 In speaking of thinges absent or vncertainely knowne, wee expresse our myndes oftentimes by indiuidua vaga. 1628 H. Burton Tryall Priuate Deuotions sig. K3^v You had no other Approbation of this booke, but onely an Indiuiduum vagum written in a loose Paper. 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger 6 My Man is a Man of Clouts, a Man in the Clouds, a meer Individuum Vagum. 1701 tr. Present State Europe Jan. 277 The Master had barely and candidly return'd his Holiness's Answer to the Squire, without making Use of that Individuum Vagum of a Term, I Believe. 1741 Mem. Martinus Scriblerus 31 in A. Pope Wks. II From particular propositions nothing can be concluded, because the Individua vaga are..barren. 1840 Brit. Mag. & Monthly Reg. Sept. 256 Nor can it [sc. the word ‘hoc’] signify an individuum vagum, because the substance of the bread is still remaining at the time when Hoc is pronounced; and an individuum vagum cannot be pointed out or demonstrated. 1873 Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. New Ser. 9 344 The individuum vagum..occasioned great difficulty from its having a certain generality, being capable, apparently, of logical division. 1921 Classical Rev. 35 19/1 The whole phrase [sc. τόδε τι] was held to signify what in scholastic language may be called the individuum vagum of the class of ‘somewhats’—i.e. ‘this or that somewhat’, ‘any somewhat’. 1993 A. N. Prior in R. Le Poidevin & M. MacBeath Philos. of Time ii. 44 I have read that some of the schoolmen described the subject of sentences like ‘someone has stolen my pencil’ as an individuum vagum, but of course this is a makeshift—forcing things into a pattern. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1550
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