PEST    瘟病

INTENSE ILLNESS which TENDS to SPREAD.For this section compare throughout ZHANG GANG 1997.
BUBONIC PLAGUEPNEUMONIC PLAGUEBLACK DEATHDISEASESICKNESSEPIDEMICDATED CONTAGIONARCHAIC PESTILENCE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for any very serious pest or plague is lì 癘. 2. Zhàng 瘴 refers to malaria-like diseases current in southern China. 3. Wēn 瘟 refers to pests that spread in hot seasons, and this pest may hit men as well as beasts. 4. Yì 疫 is a colloquial general word for a pest or plage, but this word was not very current in pre-Buddhist times. 5. Lài 癩 refers specifically to leprosy.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 HUMAN BODY 15. 瘟，源於囚徒牢獄中的傳染病；引申為瘟病通稱。 疫，源於役人、軍隊中的傳染病；引申為傳染病總稱。 [ 病字旁＋易，從感染傳易的特徵指稱傳染病。癘，本指被蝎螫的疾病，戰國時引申為毒氣流行的傳染病。 ?? ， “ 癘 ” 之區別字，後不通行。 漬，牲畜家禽所發生的傳染病。 注，感染病死的尸氣而發的慢性傳染病。 札，大疫病。 瘥，輕微疫病。
Modern Chinese Criteria
瘟疫 疫病 疫癘 瘟 疫 癘 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • ILLNESS　TYPICALLY TEMPORARY DEFECT of the BODY OR MIND of HUMANS OR of the BODY of ANIMALS. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • DEFECT　BAD FEATURE in something GOOD OR LACK of a DESIRED GOOD FEATURE. (anc: 4/0, child: 2)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    PEST

    lues refers to an epidemic disease as proceeding from an impure morbid matter.

    contagium focusses on the contagious nature of a pest.

    pestilentia focusses on the endemic natgure of a pest.

    pestis is a poetic word for a pest.

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.1604

  • 中醫百病名源考 Zhongyi baibing mingyuan kao ( ZHANG GANG 1997) p.

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 731

    • Words (5 items)

    疫  yì OC: ɢʷleɡ MC: jiɛk 4 Attributions

    Yì 疫 is a colloquial general word for a pest or plage, but this word was not very current in pre-Buddhist times.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 疾/ILLNESS Jí 疾 is the oldest general word for illness and sometimes continues to be used in this generalised way, but the word often came to refer more specifically to an acute short-term medical condition, and especially a change in medical condition, that can be very serious but is not normally construed as chronic.

      Syntactic words
    • nabeventplague, pest
    • vi0eventthere was a pest
    • vieventsuffer pest
    癘  lì OC: b-rads MC: liɛi
    厲  lài MC: -- OC: -- 2 Attributions

    The current general word for any very serious pest or plague is lì 癘.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturepestilence, plague
    • v[adN]one who has pestilence; a leper
    癩  lài OC: b-raads MC: lɑi 2 Attributions

    Lài 癩 refers specifically to leprosy.

      Syntactic words
    • nabstativeleprosy
    • v[adN]nonreferentialleper
    瘟  wēn OC: quun MC: ʔuo̝n
    溫  wēn OC: quun MC: ʔuo̝n 0 Attributions

    Wēn 瘟 refers to pests that spread in hot seasons, and this pest may hit men as well as beasts.

      Syntactic words
    • nabfeatureplague; epidemic
    瘴  zhàng OC: kjaŋs MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions

    Zhàng 瘴 refers to malaria-like diseases current in southern China.

      Syntactic words
    • nsouthern dialect word for southern disease: miasma, fever; malaria