epinyctis
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπινυκτίς (epinuktís), from ἐπί (epí, “on, upon”) + νύξ (núx, “night”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.pɪˈnyk.tɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.piˈnik.t̪is]
Noun
epinyctis f (genitive epinyctidis); third declension
- (medicine) pustules that arise in the night
- (medicine) A kind of sore in the eyelid, also called syce
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | epinyctis | epinyctidēs |
| genitive | epinyctidis | epinyctidum |
| dative | epinyctidī | epinyctidibus |
| accusative | epinyctidem | epinyctidēs |
| ablative | epinyctide | epinyctidibus |
| vocative | epinyctis | epinyctidēs |
References
- “epinyctis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- epinyctis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.