epithema

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin epithema, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθεμα (epíthema, “lid, cover”). === Noun === epithema (plural epithemata) (zoology) A horny excrescence on the top of the beak of some birds, notably the hornbill. === References === “epithema”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐπίθεμα (epíthema, “a cover, column capital, poultice”). === Noun === epithema n (genitive epithematis); third declension poultice, medical lotion, epithem (Medieval Latin) alternative form of epithymum ==== Descendants ==== Italian: pittima Leonese: bilma Old Spanish: bidma, bizma Spanish: bizma === References === “epithema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “epithema”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC