atazir

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Arabic التأثير (at-taʔṯīr, “influence”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌataˈziːr/

Noun

atazir (uncountable)

(astrology, rare) The influence of a celestial body on other such bodies or on the fortunes of people.
- 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Man of Law’s Tale, lines 304-305:
  O Mars, o atazir, as in this cas!
  O fieble moone, unhappy been thy paas!
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

“atazīr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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