† Niloscopen.

Forms: 1600s–1700s Nilescope, 1700s Niloscope.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Νειλοσκοπεῖον.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek Νειλοσκοπεῖον a scale graduated to show the rise and fall of the Nile < Νεῖλος Nile n. + σκοπεῖον -scope comb. form. Compare French Niloscope (1705 in the passage translated in quot. 1707).

Obsolete.

= Nilometer n. a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring depth

Niloscope1642

Nilometer1707

fathoming-linea1800

judge1874

1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xviii. 223 There is a Castle in the grand Caire in Ægypt, called the Nilescope, where there stands a Pillar with certaine markes to observe the height of the River of Nile.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening viii. 192 The Egyptians compute the Height to which the Nile rises by a Vessel which they call a Niloscope, or Nilometer.

1738 T. Shaw Trav. Barbary & Levant 433 In the Middle of it is placed the Mikeas or measuring Pillar, which is divided, as the ancient Nilescopes may be supposed to have been, into Cubits.

1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. (at cited word) Same as Nilometer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	niloscope
释义	† Niloscopen. Forms: 1600s–1700s Nilescope, 1700s Niloscope. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Νειλοσκοπεῖον. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek Νειλοσκοπεῖον a scale graduated to show the rise and fall of the Nile < Νεῖλος Nile n. + σκοπεῖον -scope comb. form. Compare French Niloscope (1705 in the passage translated in quot. 1707). Obsolete. = Nilometer n. a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring depth Niloscope1642 Nilometer1707 fathoming-linea1800 judge1874 1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell xviii. 223 There is a Castle in the grand Caire in Ægypt, called the Nilescope, where there stands a Pillar with certaine markes to observe the height of the River of Nile. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening viii. 192 The Egyptians compute the Height to which the Nile rises by a Vessel which they call a Niloscope, or Nilometer. 1738 T. Shaw Trav. Barbary & Levant 433 In the Middle of it is placed the Mikeas or measuring Pillar, which is divided, as the ancient Nilescopes may be supposed to have been, into Cubits. 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. (at cited word) Same as Nilometer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1642
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