epinyctis

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.piˈnyk.tis/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈnik.tis/,

Noun

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

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.

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