epinyctis

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπινυκτίς (epinuktís), from ἐπί (epí, “on, upon”) + νύξ (núx, “night”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛ.pɪˈnyk.tɪs] (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. === 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.