ephippium
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin ephippium (“saddlecloth”), from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion), from ἐπῐ́ (epí) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).
Noun edit
ephippium (plural ephippia)
- (anatomy) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.
- (zoology) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Diplostraca.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ephippium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈpʰip.pi.um/, [ɛˈpʰɪpːiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈfip.pi.um/, [eˈfipːium]
Noun edit
ephippium n (genitive ephippiī or ephippī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ephippium | ephippia |
| Genitive | ephippiī ephippī1 |
ephippiōrum |
| Dative | ephippiō | ephippiīs |
| Accusative | ephippium | ephippia |
| Ablative | ephippiō | ephippiīs |
| Vocative | ephippium | ephippia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “ephippium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ephippium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.