BioConcepts

anthropomorphousἀνθρωπόμορφος (gr.); anthropomorphus (lat.); anthropomorph (ger.)

• Of human form, having the form of a man. (OED 2014)
  category man see also anthropomorpha

  1st century AD

  ἀνθρωπόμορφος ὁ θεὸς

  Philo Judaeus, De opificio mundi 69.

  1554

  Deus anthropomorphus

  Hermii Sozomeni Salamenii Ecclesiasticae historiae (in: Ecclesiasticae historiae autores, 1554, 542-716): 697 (VIII, xi); cf. Salaminius Hermias Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica (in: Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller 50, eds. J. Bidez & G.C. Hansen, Berlin 1960): VIII, xii.

  1558

  Pythagoras mandragoram anthropomorphon, id est figuram hominis, appelavit

  Lusitano, A. (1558). In Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medica materia libros quinque: 647

  1642

  Mandragora, […] malus terrestris anthropomorphos

  Kiel, C. (1642). Kilianus auctus, seu dictionarium Teutonico-Latino-Gallicum: 687.

  1662

  Orchis militaris anthropomorphos

  Hoffmann, M. (1662). Florae Altdorffinae deliciae sylvestres: [Orchis].

  1667

  Centauri, Hippocentauri, Onocentauri, Satyri, Tritones, Nereides, Sirenes, aliaque similia anthropomorpha monstra

  Schott, C. (1662/67). Physica curiosa: 648 (Appendix ad librum V); cf. Kircher, A. (1678). Mundus subterraneus, vol. 2: 369.

  1673

  Anthropomorphus, humanam formam habens

  Laurenzi, G. (1640/73). Amalthea onomastica, vol. 1: 66.

  1690

  plante anthropomorphes

  Furetière, A. (1690). Dictionaire universel, vol. 2: 540.

  1753

  Naturalists give instances of anthropomorphous plants, anthropomorphous minerals &c.

  Scott, G.L. (1753). A Supplement to Mr. Chambers’s Cyclopaedia, or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, vol. 1: [Anthropomorphous].

  1753

  Naturalists give instances of Anthropomorphous plants, Anthropomorphous minerals, etc.

  Chambers, E. (1753). Cyclopedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Suppl. s.v. anthropomorphous.

  1763

  anthropomorphous animals

  Anonymus (1763). Anthropomorphous. In: A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, vol. 1: 161.

  1796

  anthropomorph simiae

  Anonymus (1796). [Rev. Blumenbach, J.F., On native varieties of the human species, 3. ed. To which is prefixed an Epistle to Sir Joseph Banks]. Monthly Review 1796 (Sep.-Dec.) 21, 515-523: 517.

  1807

  anthropomorphous animals

  Anonymus (1807). [Rev.: Bell, C. (1806)]. Essays in the Anatomy of Expression in Painting. The Eclectic Review: 52-65: 64.

  1809

  anthropomorphous animals

  Nicholson, W. (1809). The British Encyclopedia: 47.

  1819

  Their [scil. monkeys’] forms are so much like the human, as to have procured for them the epithet anthropo-morphous.

  Lawrence, W. (1819). Lectures on Physiology, Zoology and the Natural History of Man: 88.

  1858

  As we are just now looking with scientific seriousness at our animals, we will discard all anthropomorphic interpretations, such as point to ›alarm‹.

  Lewes, G.H. (1858). Sea-Side Studies at Ilfracombe, Tenby, the Scilly Isles and Jersey: 255 (acc. to OED 2011).