"cyphonism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin cyphōnismus, from Ancient Greek κυφωνισμός (kuphōnismós), from κύφων (kúphōn, “wooden collar, bent yoke”) + -ισμός (-ismós, abstract noun suffix). Κυφωνισμός (Kuphōnismós) appears only in the scholia on Aristophanes’ Plutus, where it is simply glossed as the punishment involving the kuphōn, and in the Byzantine Suda, which states that it refers to a “bad and ruinous” punishment. The Suda additionally transmits a fragment of Claudius Aelianus describing a punishment in which one bound to a kuphōn or pillory would be doused in milk and honey and exposed to insects for 20 days. Beginning with the Renaissance humanist Caelius Rhodiginus, “cyphonism” was generally taken to refer to this punishment in particular. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|NL.|cyphōnismus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} New Latin cyphōnismus, {{bor+|en|NL.|cyphōnismus}} Borrowed from New Latin cyphōnismus, {{der|en|grc|κυφωνισμός}} Ancient Greek κυφωνισμός (kuphōnismós), {{m|grc|κύφων||wooden collar, bent yoke}} κύφων (kúphōn, “wooden collar, bent yoke”), {{m|grc|-ισμός|pos=abstract noun suffix}} -ισμός (-ismós, abstract noun suffix), {{m|grc||Κυφωνισμός}} Κυφωνισμός (Kuphōnismós) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cyphonism (uncountable)
  1. (rare) An ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cyphonism-en-noun-E8BBtcoh
  2. (rare) An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cyphonism-en-noun-dLNlfpyF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scaphism

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