aegilops

See also: ægilops and Aegilops

English

Alternative forms

• ægilops

Etymology

From Latin aegilōps, from Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “haver-grass, Aegilops neglecta”).

Noun

aegilops (plural aegilopses)

1. An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
   • 1823, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 6th edition, volume 2, page 205:

     If the ægilops be neglected, it bursts, and degenerates into a fistula, which eats into the bone.

   • 1829, Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, And Practical Mechanics, Volume I: A to America,

     If the ægilops be accompanied with an inflammation, it is supposed to take its rise from the abundance of blood, which a plethoric habit discharges on the corner of the eye.

   • 1846, Paulus Aegineta, translated by Francis Adams, The Seven Books of Paulus Ægineta, volume 2, page 284:

     The ægilops is an apostematous swelling between the great canthus and the nose ; and it is an affection difficult to cure, owing to the thinness of the bodies, and the fear of injuring the eye by sympathy.

2. (obsolete) The goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• spoilage

Latin

Alternative forms

• aegilōpa f (Medieval form)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps).

Proper noun

aegilōps m (genitive aegilōpos); third declension

1. goatgrass (Aegilops spp.)
2. valonia (Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis)
3. An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aegilōps	aegilōpes
Genitive	aegilōpos	aegilōpum
Dative	aegilōpī	aegilōpibus
Accusative	aegilōpa	aegilōpas
Ablative	aegilōpe	aegilōpibus
Vocative	aegilōps	aegilōpes

Descendants

• → English: aegilops
• → French: égilope

Further reading

• “aegilops”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aegilops in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.