ataxia (ataksia)

[NL.; Chaucer , Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 3. dorsal is . The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary ataxic (a-tak's ik), a . [ ataxia + -ic.] In pathol ., of or pertaining to ataxia; character- ized by irregularity in function or course; irregular. Soon ataxic nervous symptoms declared themselves. O. W. Holmes , A Mortal Antipathy, xiv. Ataxic aphasia. See aphasia . - Ataxic fever, a term Of which the lord is helple falle, all as! Out of his angle into the derkest hous. -i- tus , of the 2d, -tus, -sus, of the 3d, -i- tus , of the 4th), and from thence-formed frequent a- tives, which became very numerous in LL. and ML., arose many verbs in OF. and ME., based, or appar. based, on L. participles, coinciding thus with adjectives and nouns from such parti- ciples. These, with verbs of other origin agree- ing in form with adjectives, have made it a rule in E. that any adj. may be made a verb; hence adjectives in -atel are usually accompanied by a verb in -ate2 , and new verbs from L. verbs of the 1st conjugation are reg. formed in -ate , whether a corresponding adj. exists or not; and -ate2 , be suffixed to other stems of any origin, as in felicitate, capacitate, substantiate , a a inate , camphorate , etc., based on felicity , capacity , sub- stance , etc., of Latin origin, a a in , camphor , etc., of other origin. Owing to the pre ponder- such verbs are in this dictionary placed before ance of verbs in -ate over adjectives in- ate , the adjectives, even when the adjectives are of earlier date.] A suffix of Latin origin, a com- mon formative in verbs taken from the Latin, as in accumulate , imitate , militate , etc., or formed in English, either on Latin stems, as in felici- tate, capacitate, etc., or on stems of other ori- gin. See etymology. -ate3. [ -at , -at , a later "learned" form of vernacular -e ( -é ) (as in duché , E. duch - y , q. v.), Sp. Pg. -ado = It. -ato , L. - ātus (stem -atu- ), forming nouns of the 4th declension from nouns, but formed as if from verbs in -a-re, with suffix- tu- , parallel with -to-, suffix of pp. (hence the similarity to pp. -ātus , E. -atel , q. v.), as in consul at us , magi stratus , pontificātus , senātus , LL. episcopatus , etc., with senses as in corresponding E. words.] A suffix of Latin origin, denoting office, an office, a body of of ficers, as in consulate , pontificate , decemvirate, senate (Latin senatus , from senex , an old man), episcopate , etc., and sometimes a single officer, as magistrate (Latin magi stratus , properly ma- gistracy, also a magistrate), the suffix in the last use being equivalent to -atel in legate , etc., and to -ate4 in primate , etc. -ate4. [L.- as ( -at- ), as in magnas (gen. magna- tis ) (parallel to magnatus ), primas (prop. adj.), etc.] c.) A suffix of Latin origin, practically equiv alent to- atel in nouns, and -ate3 (in magistrate ), as in magnate , primate , and (in Latin plural) penates, optimates. -ate. [L.- ata , -ατης , a noun suffix, ult. = L. -ātus , which differs in the inflexive sylla- ble.] A suffix of Greek origin, occurring un- felt in pirate (which see). without art, τέχνη , art: see a-18 atechnic (a-tek'nik), a. and n. [ technic .] I. a. Without technical know- -ar, F. -er). This suffix also appears as- adel , -ado , -ato , -ee , -y, etc. Latin adjectives and par- ticiples in -ātus were usable as nouns, in masc. of persons, as legātus , one deputed, a legate, ML. prælat us , one preferred, a prelate, etc., in neut. of things, as mandātum , a thing command- ed, a mandate, etc. See -ate2 and -ate3 .] A suffix of Latin origin: ( a ) In adjectives, where -ate is equivalent to and cognate with English -ed2, -d2, -t2, in perfect participles and partici- pial adjectives, the native English suffix being often added to -ate when a verb in -ate2 exists, as in desolate or desolat - ed , accumulate or ac- cumulat-ed, situate or situat -ed, etc. In many in- stances the adjective is not accompanied by a verb in -ate , as innate, ornate, temperate , etc.; this is especially true of botanical descriptives, as acuminate , crenate, cuspidate , hastate , lanceolate , serrate, etc. (b) In nouns, of per- sons, as legate , delegate , reprobate , etc., or of things, as mandate , precipitate , etc.; especially, in chem ., in nouns denoting a salt formed by the action of an acid on a base, as in acetate , nitrate , sulphate, etc., the suffix being added to the stem (often shortened) of the name of the acid. [The corresponding New Latin forms are acetatum , nitra- tum , sulphatum , etc., but often erroneously acetas , nitras , sulphas, genitive a cet at is , etc., by confusion with -ate4 .] -ate2. [L.- ātus , -āta, -atum , pp. suffix of verbs in- a - re (see -atel ), with supine in -ātum (stem -ātu- ), to which, instead of the pp. stem, such verbs are often referred. In this dictionary E. verbs in -ate (and so verbs in -ete , -ite ) are reg. referred to the L. pp. -ātus ( -etus , -it us), intimating that such verbs are taken from or formed according to the L. pp. stem, though with the force of the inf. From L. participles atelectasis (at-e-lek'ta-sis), in-tus (-a-tus, of the 1st conjugation, -e-tus, n. [NL., a technical (a-tek'ni-kal), a. Free from techni- cality; popular: as, a technical treatment of a technical subject. atechny (a-tek'ni), n. [= F. atechnie , ἀτεχνία , N. E. D. atees (a'tēs), n. [E. Ind.] The native Indian name of the tuberous root of Aconitum hetero- phyllum , which is used as an antiperiodic and a tonic. In some sections the same name is given to the root of A. Napellus , and to several other drugs. atef (ä'tef), n. [Egypt.] Father: an ancient Egyptian title and component of proper names. Also written atf . Atef-crown, ateleosteous (a-tel-e-os'tē-us), to or having the characters of the Ateleostei . Ateles (at'e-lēz), n. [NL., ἀτελής , incom- plete, imperfect, τέλος , end, com- pletion.] A genus of American platyrrhine monkeys, of the family Cebidæ and subfamily Cebina ; the spider-monkeys or sapajous, with attenuate bodies, very long slender limbs, and long powerfully prehensile tails: so called be- cause the thumb is rudimentary. There are sev- IMG:content-1318.png:[graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small] deity Khnum. IMG:content-1319.png:[blocks in formation]