aegilops

== English == === Alternative forms === ægilops === Etymology === From Latin aegilōps, from Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “haver-grass (Aegilops neglecta)”). === Noun === aegilops (plural aegilopses) An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye. 1829, Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, And Practical Mechanics, Volume I: A to America, If the ægilops be accompanied with an inflammation, it is supposed to take its rise from the abundance of blood, which a plethoric habit discharges on the corner of the eye. (obsolete) Goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed. === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Aegilops”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. === Anagrams === spoilage == Latin == === Alternative forms === aegilōpa f (Medieval form) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps). === Proper noun === aegilōps m (genitive aegilōpos); third declension goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) valonia (Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis) An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant). ==== Descendants ==== → Translingual: Aegilops → English: aegilops → French: égilope === Further reading === “aegilops”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aegilops”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.