manticoren.

Brit.

/ˈmantᵻkɔː/, U.S.

/ˈmæn(t)əˌkɔr/

Forms:

α. Middle English mantecora, Middle English manticeros, Middle English manticores, Middle English mantissera, Middle English matyttory (transmission error), Middle English 1600s–1800s mantichora, Middle English– manticora, Middle English– manticore, 1500s mantycor, 1500s mantycore, 1600s martichora, 1600s martichore, 1600s–1700s marticora, 1900s– mantichore, 1900s– manticor; also Scottish pre-1700 manticora.

β. 1500s mantigora (Scottish), 1500s–1800s mantiger, 1600s 1900s– mantegre, 1600s–1700s mantyger, 1700s–1800s montegre.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French manticore; Latin mantichoras.

Etymology: < Middle French manticore (1246 in Old French; also manticora (13th cent. in Old French), mantichore ; French manticore ) or its etymon classical Latin mantichoras (post-classical Latin manticora , 12th cent. in a British source), a fabulous beast of India or Africa < ancient Greek μαντιχώρας (Ctesias, quoted in Aristotle Hist. Animalium), variant of μαρτιχόρας (the form preferred by modern editors; another variant is μαρτιοχώρας ) < an unattested Old Persian compound meaning ‘man-eater’ < Old Persian martiya man (Persian mard ) + a derivative of a verb meaning ‘to eat’, cognate with Avestan χ^var- , Middle Persian χwardan , Persian khordan to eat (compare markhor n.). The β. forms have sometimes been reanalysed as < man n.¹ + tiger n. by folk etymology (see man-tiger n. and compare mantegar n.). Compare also mariche n.

1. A fabulous monster having the body of a lion (occasionally a tiger), the head of a man, porcupine's quills, and the tail or sting of a scorpion.

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > human hybrid > types of

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manticorea1398

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birdman1666

bull-man1816

garuda1882

were-jaguar1967

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 260^v Mantichora.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 7094 Ther he fond addren..and manticeros [v.r. manticores].

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde sig. evij^v Another maner of bestes ther is in ynde that ben callyd manticora.

1494 Will of Henry Eburton (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/10) f. 101^v A standing cuppe of syluer with a couering with a straunge best called a mantissera enprinted in the botome.

a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. A.viii The mantycors of y^e montaynes Myght fede them on thy braynes.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) i. 772 [In India] thare is..A best thai call manticora [a1550 Wemyss mantigora], Off wysage..lyk..Till a man.

1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage sig. I2^v Mantichoras, monstrous beastes, enemies to mankinde, that ha double rowes of teeth in their mouthes.

1646 J. Howell Lustra Ludovici 174 The Beast Marticora which is of a red colour, and hath the head of a man lancing out sharpe prickles from behind.

1717 J. Gay Three Hours after Marriage iii. 61 Fossile: How have I languish'd for your Feather of the Bird Porphyrion! Nautilus: But your Dart of the Mantichora!

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies iv. 166 Unicorns, firedrakes, manticoras.

1920 R. Graves Country Sentiment 39 Sing then of ringstraked manticor, Man-visaged tiger.

1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. iv. 121 The mantichore can be easily recognized as Persian, for Aristotle had its story from Ctesias (V b.c.) and its name is Avestan.

1981 J. May Many-colored Land iii. xi. 390 Hideous trolls, spectres, manticores, shambling dark presences seized the soldiers in spine-crunching embraces.

2. Heraldry. A monster represented with the body of a beast of prey, the head of a man, sometimes with spiral or curved horns, and sometimes the feet of a dragon.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters

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manticorec1470

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Sagittarius1619

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man-fish1653

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Welsh dragon1799

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sea monkey1909

c1470 in MS BL Add. 40742 f. 11 (in figure of badge of Hastings) Mantecora.

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 88^v Supported with a Mantiger Argent..and a wiuerne Or.

c1600 in S. Baring-Gould & R. W. Twigge Armory Western Counties (1898) (Cotton MS.) 89 Radforde: Sa: 3 mantygers arg.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxvi. 183 Mantegres, Satyrs, Monkfishes,..and whatsoeuer other double shaped Animall [etc.].

1766 M. A. Porny Elem. Heraldry (1777) 196 The Montegre.

1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Man-Tyger, or Manticora, an imaginary beast..supposed to have the body..of a lion.

1894 H. Gough & J. Parker Gloss. Terms Heraldry (new ed.) 519 The Mantiger or Lampago, called by writers Montegre and Manticora, also occurs.

1909 A. C. Fox-Davies Compl. Guide Heraldry xiii. 232 The Manticora, Mantegre, or Man-Tiger is the same as the man-lion, but has horns attached to its forehead.

1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 215/2 Man-tygre, an heraldic tygre having the horned head of an old-man; hence identical with the lympago... Also called manticora.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	manticore
释义	manticoren. Brit. /ˈmantᵻkɔː/, U.S. /ˈmæn(t)əˌkɔr/ Forms: α. Middle English mantecora, Middle English manticeros, Middle English manticores, Middle English mantissera, Middle English matyttory (transmission error), Middle English 1600s–1800s mantichora, Middle English– manticora, Middle English– manticore, 1500s mantycor, 1500s mantycore, 1600s martichora, 1600s martichore, 1600s–1700s marticora, 1900s– mantichore, 1900s– manticor; also Scottish pre-1700 manticora. β. 1500s mantigora (Scottish), 1500s–1800s mantiger, 1600s 1900s– mantegre, 1600s–1700s mantyger, 1700s–1800s montegre. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French manticore; Latin mantichoras. Etymology: < Middle French manticore (1246 in Old French; also manticora (13th cent. in Old French), mantichore ; French manticore ) or its etymon classical Latin mantichoras (post-classical Latin manticora , 12th cent. in a British source), a fabulous beast of India or Africa < ancient Greek μαντιχώρας (Ctesias, quoted in Aristotle Hist. Animalium), variant of μαρτιχόρας (the form preferred by modern editors; another variant is μαρτιοχώρας ) < an unattested Old Persian compound meaning ‘man-eater’ < Old Persian martiya man (Persian mard ) + a derivative of a verb meaning ‘to eat’, cognate with Avestan χ^var- , Middle Persian χwardan , Persian khordan to eat (compare markhor n.). The β. forms have sometimes been reanalysed as < man n.¹ + tiger n. by folk etymology (see man-tiger n. and compare mantegar n.). Compare also mariche n. 1. A fabulous monster having the body of a lion (occasionally a tiger), the head of a man, porcupine's quills, and the tail or sting of a scorpion. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > human hybrid > types of sirenc1366 manticorea1398 mariche1613 birdman1666 bull-man1816 garuda1882 were-jaguar1967 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 260^v Mantichora. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 7094 Ther he fond addren..and manticeros [v.r. manticores]. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde sig. evij^v Another maner of bestes ther is in ynde that ben callyd manticora. 1494 Will of Henry Eburton (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/10) f. 101^v A standing cuppe of syluer with a couering with a straunge best called a mantissera enprinted in the botome. a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. A.viii The mantycors of y^e montaynes Myght fede them on thy braynes. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) i. 772 [In India] thare is..A best thai call manticora [a1550 Wemyss mantigora], Off wysage..lyk..Till a man. 1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage sig. I2^v Mantichoras, monstrous beastes, enemies to mankinde, that ha double rowes of teeth in their mouthes. 1646 J. Howell Lustra Ludovici 174 The Beast Marticora which is of a red colour, and hath the head of a man lancing out sharpe prickles from behind. 1717 J. Gay Three Hours after Marriage iii. 61 Fossile: How have I languish'd for your Feather of the Bird Porphyrion! Nautilus: But your Dart of the Mantichora! 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies iv. 166 Unicorns, firedrakes, manticoras. 1920 R. Graves Country Sentiment 39 Sing then of ringstraked manticor, Man-visaged tiger. 1952 G. Sarton Hist. Sci. I. iv. 121 The mantichore can be easily recognized as Persian, for Aristotle had its story from Ctesias (V b.c.) and its name is Avestan. 1981 J. May Many-colored Land iii. xi. 390 Hideous trolls, spectres, manticores, shambling dark presences seized the soldiers in spine-crunching embraces. 2. Heraldry. A monster represented with the body of a beast of prey, the head of a man, sometimes with spiral or curved horns, and sometimes the feet of a dragon. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters dragonc1330 griffina1400 yalec1425 mermaid1445 manticorec1470 cockatrice1513 mermaiden1538 opinicus1546 lituit1562 Pegasus1562 equicerve1572 harpy1572 lyciske1572 verme1572 wyver1599 merman1601 lion-dragon1610 lion-poisson1610 wyvern1610 Sagittarius1619 sagittary1632 man-fish1653 sea lion1661 satyral1724 man-tiger1780 sea-dog1780 Welsh dragon1799 camelopardel1830 satyr1845 serpivolant1866 sea monkey1909 c1470 in MS BL Add. 40742 f. 11 (in figure of badge of Hastings) Mantecora. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 88^v Supported with a Mantiger Argent..and a wiuerne Or. c1600 in S. Baring-Gould & R. W. Twigge Armory Western Counties (1898) (Cotton MS.) 89 Radforde: Sa: 3 mantygers arg. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxvi. 183 Mantegres, Satyrs, Monkfishes,..and whatsoeuer other double shaped Animall [etc.]. 1766 M. A. Porny Elem. Heraldry (1777) 196 The Montegre. 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Man-Tyger, or Manticora, an imaginary beast..supposed to have the body..of a lion. 1894 H. Gough & J. Parker Gloss. Terms Heraldry (new ed.) 519 The Mantiger or Lampago, called by writers Montegre and Manticora, also occurs. 1909 A. C. Fox-Davies Compl. Guide Heraldry xiii. 232 The Manticora, Mantegre, or Man-Tiger is the same as the man-lion, but has horns attached to its forehead. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 215/2 Man-tygre, an heraldic tygre having the horned head of an old-man; hence identical with the lympago... Also called manticora. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398
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