asaphatum

Latin

Alternative forms

• asapharum

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلسَعْفَة (al-saʕfa, “sore, mange”).

Noun

asaphatum n sg (genitive asaphatī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) psoriasis, skin disease

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

	singular
nominative	asaphatum
genitive	asaphatī
dative	asaphatō
accusative	asaphatum
ablative	asaphatō
vocative	asaphatum

References

• asapharum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “asaphatum”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC