ephippium

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ephippium (“saddlecloth”), from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion), from ἐπῐ́ (epĭ́) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”). === Noun === ephippium (plural ephippia) (anatomy) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa. (zoology) A saddle-shaped cavity or pouch to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of water fleas (Diplostraca spp.; Cladocera spp.) ==== Derived terms ==== ephippial == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈpʰɪp.pi.ũː] (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). 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.