scaphismusn.

Brit.

/skəˈfɪzməs/, U.S.

/skəˈfɪzməs/

Forms:

α. 1500s– scaphismus, 1800s scaphismos (rare).

β. 1700s– scaphism, 1900s skaphism (rare).

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin scaphismus (1568 in the source translated in quot. 1579, or earlier) < classical Latin scapha boat (scapho- comb. form) + -ismus -ism suffix. Compare French scaphisme (1721 or earlier). In Byzantine Greek this form of execution was denoted by the term σκάϕευσις.

Ancient History.

A method of execution said to have been practised by the ancient Persians, in which the victim was secured within a small enclosed space, such as that formed by the cavities of two small boats placed together, so that only the head and other extremities protruded, and was left to die.In order to ensure a painful and protracted death, the victim was force-fed milk and honey and tormented with insects; the victim would eventually die from dehydration, starvation, exposure, and septic shock caused by putrefaction of the flesh.In quot. 1579 apparently with reference to a different method of execution in which the victim is dismembered, although there appears to be no historical basis for this.

ΚΠ

1579 in tr. Eunapius Lyves of Philosophers f. 21 (margin) The punishment of the boates, was to teare a man a peeces, between two boates: it is called Scaphismus.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) xiii. 204 Some Pieces delineating singular inhumanities in Tortures. The Scaphismus of the Persians.

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Scaphism Scaphismus, in antiquity, a kind of torture or punishment formerly in use among the Persians.

1877 Sat. Rev. 13 Jan. 60/2 The torture, called the Scaphismos, which seems to consist in a man being shut up in an iron box, from which his head, arms, and legs protrude and are exposed to a swarm of bees.

1903 A. R. Allinson Gallonio's Tortures & Torments Christian Martyrs i. 17 A mode of punishment the Persians employed for criminals condemned to death, which they themselves called Scaphismus.

1910 Pennsylvania Med. Jrnl. Aug. 876/1 They [sc. politicians]..are often blamed for failures and shortcomings for which the people and not they are to blame, and are not deserving of scaphism.

1994 G. Abbott Bk. Execution 328 If horror could be graduated, death by scaphismus, or ‘the boats’ as it was also known, would rate within the top twenty, its details being of truly nightmarish proportions.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scaphismus
释义	scaphismusn. Brit. /skəˈfɪzməs/, U.S. /skəˈfɪzməs/ Forms: α. 1500s– scaphismus, 1800s scaphismos (rare). β. 1700s– scaphism, 1900s skaphism (rare). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin scaphismus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin scaphismus (1568 in the source translated in quot. 1579, or earlier) < classical Latin scapha boat (scapho- comb. form) + -ismus -ism suffix. Compare French scaphisme (1721 or earlier). In Byzantine Greek this form of execution was denoted by the term σκάϕευσις. Ancient History. A method of execution said to have been practised by the ancient Persians, in which the victim was secured within a small enclosed space, such as that formed by the cavities of two small boats placed together, so that only the head and other extremities protruded, and was left to die.In order to ensure a painful and protracted death, the victim was force-fed milk and honey and tormented with insects; the victim would eventually die from dehydration, starvation, exposure, and septic shock caused by putrefaction of the flesh.In quot. 1579 apparently with reference to a different method of execution in which the victim is dismembered, although there appears to be no historical basis for this. ΚΠ 1579 in tr. Eunapius Lyves of Philosophers f. 21 (margin) The punishment of the boates, was to teare a man a peeces, between two boates: it is called Scaphismus. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) xiii. 204 Some Pieces delineating singular inhumanities in Tortures. The Scaphismus of the Persians. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Scaphism Scaphismus, in antiquity, a kind of torture or punishment formerly in use among the Persians. 1877 Sat. Rev. 13 Jan. 60/2 The torture, called the Scaphismos, which seems to consist in a man being shut up in an iron box, from which his head, arms, and legs protrude and are exposed to a swarm of bees. 1903 A. R. Allinson Gallonio's Tortures & Torments Christian Martyrs i. 17 A mode of punishment the Persians employed for criminals condemned to death, which they themselves called Scaphismus. 1910 Pennsylvania Med. Jrnl. Aug. 876/1 They [sc. politicians]..are often blamed for failures and shortcomings for which the people and not they are to blame, and are not deserving of scaphism. 1994 G. Abbott Bk. Execution 328 If horror could be graduated, death by scaphismus, or ‘the boats’ as it was also known, would rate within the top twenty, its details being of truly nightmarish proportions. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579
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