单词 | platic |
释义 | platicadj. Astrology. Of an aspect: not exact or within a degree, but within half the sum of the orbs (orb n.1 1b) of the (usually two) planets involved. Opposed to partile. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [adjective] > inexact or no conjunction inconjunct1603 platic1631 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. iv. 59 in Wks. (1640) II If he runne To his Iudiciall Astrologie, And trowle the Trine, the Quartile and the Sextile, Platicke aspect, and Partile, with his Hyleg..Does not he cant? 1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother iv. ii. sig. G*4 Mars out of the selfesame house, (But another Signe) here by a Platique aspect Lookes at the Hilege. 1792 E. Sibly New & Compl. Illustr. Occult Sci. (new ed.) 144 By a platic aspect we are to understand two planets so posited, as to admit half the degrees of each of their own rays or orbs. 1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. at Familiarities There are two kinds of approximation in familiarities: partile and platic. 1896 J. M. Manly in Harvard Stud. 5 112 (note) Venus and Mars..are in platic conjunction when less than six or eight degrees apart. 1953 J. Parr Tamburlaine's Malady v. 52 Saturn's being ‘combust’ means that Saturn was within 8½ degrees of the Sun, or, in short, that Saturn and Sol were in platic conjunction. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [adverb] > platic platicly1686 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. i. 394 ♂ among the rest, platiquely opposing ♄. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1631 |
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