† magnesn.

Forms: Middle English magnas (probably transmission error), Middle English–1700s magnes.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin magnēs, magnēs lapis < ancient Greek Μαγνῆτις λίθος , Μαγνησίη λίθος , in Hellenistic Greek also Μαγνήτης λίθος , Μαγνῆτις πέτρα the Magnesian stone (the form Μάγνης (λίθος ) is not found until the 3rd cent. a.d., and may be influenced by Latin). Compare magnesia n. and magnet n.The origin of the Greek terms is uncertain, and was disputed in antiquity. They may refer to an origin in the district of Magnesia in the east of Thessaly (compare Magnesian n. and adj.¹), or in the territory of the city Magnesia ad Sipylum in Lydia; on the other hand, Pliny ( Nat. Hist. 20. 2; 36. 126–7) cites Nicander as his authority for the derivation from the name of a shepherd, Magnes, who found that the ground on Mount Ida attracted the iron nails in his shoes and the ferrule of his staff.

Obsolete.

a. A magnet, a lodestone. Also magnes stone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > magnetic devices or materials > [noun] > a magnet or loadstone

adamant1345

stone1390

magnesa1398

shipman's stonec1400

loderc1460

lode1509

lodestone?1518

siderite1589

sail-stone1595

pebble1856

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 196^v Þough magnas drawe yren to itself, þe adamas draweþ it away fro þe magnas.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202 Þis stone magnes is hote and drye in þe þridde gre.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvi lxii. 573 There ben mountaynes of suche magnes stones and they drawe to them and breke shippes that ben nayled with yren.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 161 Thys is a merveilous nedle, whiche beinge touched, (as I heare) onlye with the Magnes shoulde knowe to turne alwaye to the North pole.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. iv. sig. Q1^v As a perfect Magnes, though put in an iuorie boxe, will thorow the boxe send forth his imbraced vertue to a beloued needle.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. vii. sig. Mm3 As if the sight of the enimie had bene a Magnes stone to his courage.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Z7 An hideous Rock..Of mightie Magnes stone..Nigh..drawes All passengers, that none from it can shift.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1487 There is neither Iron or Steele, or the Magnes Stone that should so make the Tombe of Mahomet to hang in the Ayre.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. iv. 329 In this lower World there seems many things directed to the special use of Mankind..the Metals of Silver, Gold, Copper, the very Situation of the Seas, the Magnes.

1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 206 .

b. A pole of the earth.

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the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > pole

polec1392

pole antarcticc1400

Arctic?a1425

north pole?a1475

south pole1553

Antarctic Pole1559

Arctic Pole1604

Antarctic1656

magnesa1657

a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in Poems (1878) IV. v. 164 His temper'd Earth, whips (as you Agitate The Ayre) to either Magnes, This, or That.

2. figurative. Attractive quality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [noun] > power or virtue of something

gracec1300

virtuea1398

faculty1490

force1600

quality1647

magnes1649

efforta1680

1649 W. Charleton tr. J. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes 22 In this particular, therefore, man also hath his magnes, or domestick power of alliciency.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 33 There is such a Magnes in this simple Tree as does manifestly draw to it self some occult, and wonderful virtue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	magnes
释义	† magnesn. Forms: Middle English magnas (probably transmission error), Middle English–1700s magnes. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin magnēs. Etymology: < classical Latin magnēs, magnēs lapis < ancient Greek Μαγνῆτις λίθος , Μαγνησίη λίθος , in Hellenistic Greek also Μαγνήτης λίθος , Μαγνῆτις πέτρα the Magnesian stone (the form Μάγνης (λίθος ) is not found until the 3rd cent. a.d., and may be influenced by Latin). Compare magnesia n. and magnet n.The origin of the Greek terms is uncertain, and was disputed in antiquity. They may refer to an origin in the district of Magnesia in the east of Thessaly (compare Magnesian n. and adj.¹), or in the territory of the city Magnesia ad Sipylum in Lydia; on the other hand, Pliny ( Nat. Hist. 20. 2; 36. 126–7) cites Nicander as his authority for the derivation from the name of a shepherd, Magnes, who found that the ground on Mount Ida attracted the iron nails in his shoes and the ferrule of his staff. Obsolete. 1. a. A magnet, a lodestone. Also magnes stone. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > magnetic devices or materials > [noun] > a magnet or loadstone adamant1345 stone1390 magnesa1398 shipman's stonec1400 loderc1460 lode1509 lodestone?1518 siderite1589 sail-stone1595 pebble1856 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 196^v Þough magnas drawe yren to itself, þe adamas draweþ it away fro þe magnas. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202 Þis stone magnes is hote and drye in þe þridde gre. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvi lxii. 573 There ben mountaynes of suche magnes stones and they drawe to them and breke shippes that ben nayled with yren. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 161 Thys is a merveilous nedle, whiche beinge touched, (as I heare) onlye with the Magnes shoulde knowe to turne alwaye to the North pole. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. iv. sig. Q1^v As a perfect Magnes, though put in an iuorie boxe, will thorow the boxe send forth his imbraced vertue to a beloued needle. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. vii. sig. Mm3 As if the sight of the enimie had bene a Magnes stone to his courage. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Z7 An hideous Rock..Of mightie Magnes stone..Nigh..drawes All passengers, that none from it can shift. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1487 There is neither Iron or Steele, or the Magnes Stone that should so make the Tombe of Mahomet to hang in the Ayre. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. iv. 329 In this lower World there seems many things directed to the special use of Mankind..the Metals of Silver, Gold, Copper, the very Situation of the Seas, the Magnes. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 206 . b. A pole of the earth. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > geodetic references > [noun] > pole polec1392 pole antarcticc1400 Arctic?a1425 north pole?a1475 south pole1553 Antarctic Pole1559 Arctic Pole1604 Antarctic1656 magnesa1657 a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in Poems (1878) IV. v. 164 His temper'd Earth, whips (as you Agitate The Ayre) to either Magnes, This, or That. 2. figurative. Attractive quality. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [noun] > power or virtue of something gracec1300 virtuea1398 faculty1490 force1600 quality1647 magnes1649 efforta1680 1649 W. Charleton tr. J. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes 22 In this particular, therefore, man also hath his magnes, or domestick power of alliciency. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 33 There is such a Magnes in this simple Tree as does manifestly draw to it self some occult, and wonderful virtue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1398
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