epinyctis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπινυκτίς (epinuktís), from ἐπί (epí, “on, upon”) + νύξ (núx, “night”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.piˈnyk.tis/, [ɛpɪˈnʏkt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈnik.tis/, [epiˈnikt̪is]

Noun

epinyctis f (genitive epinyctidis); third declension

1. (medicine) pustules that arise in the night
2. (medicine) A kind of sore in the eyelid, also called syce

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	epinyctis	epinyctidēs
genitive	epinyctidis	epinyctidum
dative	epinyctidī	epinyctidibus
accusative	epinyctidem	epinyctidēs
ablative	epinyctide	epinyctidibus
vocative	epinyctis	epinyctidēs

References

• “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.