† sumenn.

Forms: late Middle English sumenis, 1600s summam, 1600s–1700s sumen.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin sūmen sow's udder (eaten by the Romans as a delicacy), in post-classical Latin also internal organ, especially the omentum (from 12th cent. in British sources), belly (14th cent. in a British source) < sūgere to suck (see suck v.) + -men (see -ment suffix).

Obsolete.

1. The part of the abdomen beneath the umbilicus; the hypogastric region.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [noun] > abdomen > hypogastrium

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?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 65 (MED) By the haunches here ben vnderstonden þe lower parties of the wombe fro þe sumenis [L. a sumenis, perhaps read a sumenibus] vnto the þighes and schamfast membres.

1663 N. Culpepper et al. Two Treat. ii. 81 Or [with scarification] upon the Sumen which is best.

1664 H. Jackson tr. J. B. da Carpi Μικροκοσμογραϕια (new ed.) 29 It [sc. the Omentum] causeth the Ramex..in the Navel, in the Inguina, and in other places of the Sumen [L. alibi in sumine], if the Peritoneum bee broke or mollified.

2. The udder of a sow, spec. when specially prepared and eaten as a culinary delicacy, esp. by the Romans.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > plenty or fertility > richest part

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the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [noun] > abdomen > hypogastrium

sumen?c1425

watercourse1615

hypogastrium1681

hypogaster1693

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > female > sow > parts of

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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. li. 230 Publius the Poët and maker of wanton songs, after that he was come to his freedome, never (by report) had supper without an hogges belly with the paps: who also to that dish gave the name, and called it Summam [L. suminis].

1685 J. Turner Boaz & Ruth 286 The Sumen was accounted so delicate a Dish.

1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 79 They could not have had Leisure to think upon their Sumens, their Mullets,..and the like..had the Gauls been beseiging their Capitol.

1788 ‘P. Pindar’ Peter's Prophecy (ed. 2) 28 Great in the eating knowledge all allow; Who sent you once the Sumen of a sow.

3. A fertilizing liquid obtained from dung or other organic material. Also as a modifier, in sumen-soil. rare.

ΚΠ

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 239 The undunged fields of Bohemia do yield lesse tartarous fruits than those which were fattened with a stony, or earthy juyce or food, or at length with the dung of living Creatures, wherein..this earthy Sumen [L. sumen terreum] or fattening juyce doth voluntarily melt: Because this Sumen-soil [L. sumen] should produce a Tartar in Herbs, more wild and Rockie than dung so often re-cocted and refined into the matter of Salts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sumen
释义	† sumenn. Forms: late Middle English sumenis, 1600s summam, 1600s–1700s sumen. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sūmen. Etymology: < classical Latin sūmen sow's udder (eaten by the Romans as a delicacy), in post-classical Latin also internal organ, especially the omentum (from 12th cent. in British sources), belly (14th cent. in a British source) < sūgere to suck (see suck v.) + -men (see -ment suffix). Obsolete. 1. The part of the abdomen beneath the umbilicus; the hypogastric region. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [noun] > abdomen > hypogastrium sumen?c1425 watercourse1615 hypogastrium1681 hypogaster1693 sumen1715 ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 65 (MED) By the haunches here ben vnderstonden þe lower parties of the wombe fro þe sumenis [L. a sumenis, perhaps read a sumenibus] vnto the þighes and schamfast membres. 1663 N. Culpepper et al. Two Treat. ii. 81 Or [with scarification] upon the Sumen which is best. 1664 H. Jackson tr. J. B. da Carpi Μικροκοσμογραϕια (new ed.) 29 It [sc. the Omentum] causeth the Ramex..in the Navel, in the Inguina, and in other places of the Sumen [L. alibi in sumine], if the Peritoneum bee broke or mollified. 2. The udder of a sow, spec. when specially prepared and eaten as a culinary delicacy, esp. by the Romans. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > plenty or fertility > richest part fatnessc1000 fat1530 sumen1601 the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [noun] > abdomen > hypogastrium sumen?c1425 watercourse1615 hypogastrium1681 hypogaster1693 sumen1715 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > female > sow > parts of sumen1788 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. viii. li. 230 Publius the Poët and maker of wanton songs, after that he was come to his freedome, never (by report) had supper without an hogges belly with the paps: who also to that dish gave the name, and called it Summam [L. suminis]. 1685 J. Turner Boaz & Ruth 286 The Sumen was accounted so delicate a Dish. 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 79 They could not have had Leisure to think upon their Sumens, their Mullets,..and the like..had the Gauls been beseiging their Capitol. 1788 ‘P. Pindar’ Peter's Prophecy (ed. 2) 28 Great in the eating knowledge all allow; Who sent you once the Sumen of a sow. 3. A fertilizing liquid obtained from dung or other organic material. Also as a modifier, in sumen-soil. rare. ΚΠ 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 239 The undunged fields of Bohemia do yield lesse tartarous fruits than those which were fattened with a stony, or earthy juyce or food, or at length with the dung of living Creatures, wherein..this earthy Sumen [L. sumen terreum] or fattening juyce doth voluntarily melt: Because this Sumen-soil [L. sumen] should produce a Tartar in Herbs, more wild and Rockie than dung so often re-cocted and refined into the matter of Salts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?c1425
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