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PRONUNCIATION OF PHYSIOLOGUS

physiologus  [ˌfɪzɪˈɒləɡəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHYSIOLOGUS

noun
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pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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Physiologus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHYSIOLOGUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

physiologus

Physiologus

The Physiologus is a didactic text written or compiled in Greek by an unknown author, in Alexandria; its composition has been traditionally dated to the 2nd century AD by readers who saw parallels with writings of Clement of Alexandria, who is asserted to have known the text, though Alan Scott has made a case for a date at the end of the 3rd or in the 4th century. The Physiologus consists of descriptions of animals, birds, and fantastic creatures, sometimes stones and plants, provided with moral content. Each animal is described, and an anecdote follows, from which the moral and symbolic qualities of the animal are derived. Manuscripts are often, but not always, given illustrations, often lavish. The book was translated into Latin in about 700, and into Ethiopic and Syriac, then into many European and Middle-Eastern languages, and many illuminated manuscript copies such as the Bern Physiologus survive. It retained its influence over ideas of the "meaning" of animals in Europe for over a thousand years. It was a predecessor of bestiaries.

Definition of physiologus in the English dictionary

The definition of physiologus in the dictionary is an ancient Greek book containing stories and tales with moral content about real and mythical animals; a book containing stories or tales about real and mythical beasts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHYSIOLOGUS


analogous
əˈnæləɡəs
anthropophagus
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs
antilogous
ænˈtɪləɡəs
Areopagus
ˌærɪˈɒpəɡəs
asparagus
əˈspærəɡəs
autologous
ɔːˈtɒləɡəs
brachylogous
bræˈkɪləɡəs
disanalogous
ˌdɪsəˈnæləɡəs
esophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
heterologous
ˌhɛtəˈrɒləɡəs
homologous
həʊˈmɒləɡəs
isologous
aɪˈsɒləɡəs
nonhomologous
ˌnɒnhəʊˈmɒləɡəs
oesophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
ophiophagous
ˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs
pantophagous
pænˈtɒfəɡəs
phytophagous
faɪˈtɒfəɡəs
polyphagous
pəˈlɪfəɡəs
sarcophagus
sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs
tautologous
tɔːˈtɒləɡəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHYSIOLOGUS

physiognomically
physiognomist
physiognomy
physiographer
physiographic
physiographical
physiographically
physiography
physiol.
physiolater
physiolatry
physiologic
physiological
physiological psychology
physiologically
physiologist
physiology
physiopathology
physiotherapist
physiotherapy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHYSIOLOGUS

Aberdeen Angus
Angus
argus
bogus
calabogus
Carrickfergus
cunnilingus
cynomolgus
Fergus
fungus
Longus
Lycurgus
magus
Mingus
mystagogus
negus
Tagus
tragus
vagus
valgus

Synonyms and antonyms of physiologus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «physiologus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHYSIOLOGUS

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The translations of physiologus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «physiologus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

physiologus
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Translator English - Spanish

Physiologus
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physiologus
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physiologus
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ar

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physiologus
280 millions of speakers

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Физиолог
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Physiologus
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physiologus
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Physiologus
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Physiologus
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Physiologus
180 millions of speakers

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physiologus
130 millions of speakers

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physiologus
85 millions of speakers

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Physiologus
85 millions of speakers
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physiologus
80 millions of speakers

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physiologus
75 millions of speakers

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फिजिओलॉगस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

physiologus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Fisiologo
65 millions of speakers

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physiologus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фізіолог
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fiziologului
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

physiologus
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

physiologus
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Translator English - Swedish

PHYSIOLOGUS
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physiologus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of physiologus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYSIOLOGUS»

The term «physiologus» is normally little used and occupies the 136.474 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYSIOLOGUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about physiologus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHYSIOLOGUS»

Discover the use of physiologus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to physiologus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Physiologus: A Medieval Book of Nature Lore
Accompanied by an introduction that explains the origins, history, and literary value of this curious text, this volume also reproduces twenty woodcuts from the 1587 version.
‎2009
2
Physiologus: the Greek and Armenian versions with a study of ...
In addition, the revised diplomatic edition of the parallel Greek and Armenian texts based on the mentioned manuscripts, regards variant readings which bring the two texts close to each other, helping to reconstruct their archetype.
Gohar Muradyan, 2005
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A Medieval Book of Beasts: The Second-family Bestiary : ...
It is the Physiologus-B that is the foundation of the medieval bestiaries. The earliest illustrated copy of a Physiologus is the ninth-century Bern, Burgerbibliothek 318, with a C- version text (fig. 1).17 The Second-family bestiary compiler drew ...
Willene B. Clark, 2006
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Der Bilderkreis Des Riechischen Physiologus
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Josef Strzygowski, 2009
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A World of Beasts: A Thirteenth-Century Illustrated Arabic ...
ego, the “Beast Living in the Desert of Shahrūs”, and for both of these parallels can be found in the Physiologus (and consequently, given its influence on them, in Western bestiaries). The Physiologus is a late classical Christian text71 for ...
Anna Contadini, 2011
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Medieval German Literature
THEOLOGICAL,DIDACTIC POETRY Natural Science Physiologus. The first suhgroup of this type has to do with medieval "natural science," hut it is part of a lengthy tradition that goes hack to Latin and Greek sources. There are at least two ...
Marion Elizabeth Gibbs, Sidney M. Johnson, 2000
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Women and Weasels: Mythologies of Birth in Ancient Greece ...
Mythologies of Birth in Ancient Greece and Rome Maurizio Bettini. his mother's “ left ear.” This miraculous birth of the hero seems to have somehowbeen inspired by the bestiary stories of the weasel, derived from the Physiologus; for a ...
Maurizio Bettini, 2013
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Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Byzantine ...
Gohar MURADYAN Matenadaran Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, Erevan, Armenia The Greek Physiologus and its old Armenian translation 1 The Physiologus, an early Christian writing in Greek (ca. 200 CE), consists of cameo stories about ...
Elizabeth Jeffreys, Fiona K. Haarer, 2006
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Science in the Middle Ages
10. Carl Appel, ed., "Aiso son las naturas d'alcus auzels e d'alcunas bestias," in Provenzalische Chrestomathie, 4th ed. (Leipzig, 1912), pp. 201-4; P. T. Eden, ed. , Theobaldi Physiologus (Leiden, 1972); E. B. Ham, ed., "The Cambrai Bestiary,"  ...
David C. Lindberg, 1978
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Physiologus
Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past.
Anonymous, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHYSIOLOGUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term physiologus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fantastically Wrong: Unicorns Dig Virgin Women, and Other …
Caption: The caladrius, whose dung will for some reason cure you of eye trouble, according to the Physiologus, the mother of all bestiaries. «Wired, Nov 14»
2
History's Most Hilarious Misconceptions About the Elephant
For that we can thank the Physiologus, which was written between the second and third centuries AD. Pulling from all manner of ancient ... «Wired, Nov 14»
3
Richard de Fournivals «Liebesbestiarium»: Wundersamer Zoo
... vor allem aus dem hellenistischen Tierbuch «Physiologus». Die Deutung des allegorischen Wunderzoos war heilsgeschichtlich ausgerichtet, ... «Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Oct 14»
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Mermaids Are Real: Columbus, Shakespeare, and Pliny the Elder
Fifth Century AD: In the book Physiologus, which is said to have been written or compiled in Greek by an unknown author, there is a portion ... «The Epoch Times, May 13»
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'Search for the Unicorn' at the Cloisters
... a few essential details, which can be traced to the ancient Greek science encyclopedia known as the Physiologus. Unicorns have beards and ... «New York Times, May 13»
6
Celebrating Animals
The earliest effort to list species that lived among us is credited to a book called the Physiologus, written by an unknown author working in ... «Huffington Post, May 13»
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The White Elephant of Rucheni
The accompanying, seven sentence description, uses information from the earlier bestiaries of Physiologus, Solinus, and St. Ambrose, ... «Scientific American, Nov 11»
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Portrait of 'Czernopol' Shortchanges Emotional Landscape
These wearying aspects are compounded by the book's distinctive narrative structure. As the epigraph, taken from the Greek text “Physiologus,” ... «Harvard Crimson, Nov 11»
9
Terra Nova Has Noble Aspirations
New translations of the Physiologus (the earliest bestiary) into most European languages were made at the time of the crusades. This also ... «Seeking Alpha, Aug 11»
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Monopods and the peeling of Eustace
The High Middle Ages saw the flowering of two kinds of literature: myth (with the Arthurian cycle) and allegory (such as the Physiologus, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 10»

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« EDUCALINGO. Physiologus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/physiologus>. Apr 2024 ».
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