epinyctis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπινυκτίς (epinuktís), from ἐπί (epí, “on, upon”) + νύξ (núx, “night”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e.piˈnyk.tis/, [ɛpɪˈnʏkt̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.piˈnik.tis/, [epiˈnikt̪is]
Noun edit
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 edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | epinyctis | epinyctidēs |
| Genitive | epinyctidis | epinyctidum |
| Dative | epinyctidī | epinyctidibus |
| Accusative | epinyctidem | epinyctidēs |
| Ablative | epinyctide | epinyctidibus |
| Vocative | epinyctis | epinyctidēs |
References edit
- “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.