ephippium
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin ephippium (“saddlecloth”), from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion), from ἐπῐ́ (epí) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).
Noun
editephippium (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eˈpʰip.pi.um/, [ɛˈpʰɪpːiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈfip.pi.um/, [eˈfipːium]
Noun
editephippium n (genitive ephippiī or ephippī); second declension
- A saddlecloth, horsecloth, or caparison; housing.
- (New Latin, by extension) A condom.
Declension
editSecond-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
editReferences
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.
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- la:Horse tack