ariste
Italian
Noun
ariste f
- plural of arista
Anagrams
Middle English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
A rebuilding of Old English ǣrist (from Proto-West Germanic *uʀristi, then Proto-Germanic *uzristiz) as arisen (“to arise”) + -the (abstract nominal suffix); the original form is preserved in Orm's ærist.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈriːst(ə)/, /aˈrist(ə)/, /-θ(ə)/
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ̝ːˌriːst/ (Ormulum)
Noun
ariste (uncountable, genitive singular aristes)
- The rising of the sun; sunrise.
- (Christianity) A resurrection (of Jesus Christ or at Judgment Day).
- c. 1180, Orͬm, “Secundum Iohannem .XXIII. [John 2:1]”, in Orͬmulum (Bodleian MS. Junius 1), Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire, folio 99, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:
- Þatt crıſteſſ hırd o domeſſdaᵹᫌ / Shall ū̄beſhorenᷠ ƿurͬþenn. Þurͬh crıſteſſ are. ⁊ þurrh ærıſt. […]
- So on Judgement Day, Christ's followers / will become circumcised through Christ's grace and through resurrection […]
References
- “arist, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “arist, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.