panaricium

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Alteration, by analogy with pānus (tumour), of earlier parōnychium~parōnychia, from Ancient Greek πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱ (părōnŭkhĭ́ā). First found in this form in the writings of Pseudo-Apuleius.

Noun

panāricium n (genitive panāriciī or panāricī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) a disease of the fingernails

Descendants

Forms with unexpected /ˈi/ presumably influenced by descendants of -īcius.

References

Further reading

  • panaricium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • panaricium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.