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epithema

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English

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The epitheca is ostentatiously displayed on this hornbill

Etymology

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From New Latin epithema, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθεμα (epíthema, lid, cover).

Noun

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epithema

  1. (zoology) A horny excrescence on the top of the beak of some birds, notably the hornbill.

References

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἐπίθεμα (epíthema, a cover, column capital, poultice).

Noun

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epithema n (genitive epithematis); third declension

  1. poultice, medical lotion, epithem
  2. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of epithymum

Descendants

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  • Italian: pittima[1]
  • Leonese: bilma
  • Old Spanish: bidma, bizma

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “bizma”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 597