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Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from hordeum (“barley”) + -olus.
Pronunciation
Noun
hordeolus m (genitive hordeolī); second declension
- a stye in the eye
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
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- Italo-Romance:
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