ephippium
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English
Etymology
From Latin ephippium (“saddlecloth”), from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion), from ἐπῐ́ (epí) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).
Noun
ephippium (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eˈpʰip.pi.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈfip.pi.um/,
Noun
ephippium n (genitive ephippiī or ephippī); second declension
- A saddlecloth, horsecloth, or caparison; housing.
- (New Latin, by extension) A condom.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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
References
- “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.