vernix

== English == === Etymology === Derived from Medieval Latin vernix (“varnish”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːnɪks/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɝnɪks/ === Noun === vernix (uncountable) (obstetrics, medicine) Vernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies. == Latin == === Alternative forms === bernīx, veronīx === Etymology === Perhaps from Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē), from Ancient Greek. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛr.niːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛr.niks] === Noun === vernīx m (genitive vernīcis); third declension (Medieval Latin) varnish (Medieval Latin) resin ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== vernīcium ==== Descendants ==== === References === "vernix", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) uernix in Ramminger, Johann (22 May 2015 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016