noun
aegĭlops1
Meaning
- A disease of the eyes
aegĭlops, ōpis, and aegĭlōpa, ae, f., = αἰγίλωψ.
I. A disease of the eyes, a lachrymal fistula, a tumor in the inner corner of the eye (so called from αἴξ, αἰγός, goat, and ὤψ, eye, since goats are most subject to this disease), Cels. 7, 7, 7; Plin. 35, 6, 14, § 34;
the form aegilopa, id. 21, 19, 77, § 132. —II. A kind of oak with edible acorns:
Quercus aegilops, Linn., Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 16, 8, 13, § 33.—III. A weed or tare among barley:
Avena sterilis, Linn., or Aegilops ovata, Linn., Plin. 25, 13, 93, § 146; 18, 17, 44, § 155.—IV. A kind of bulbous plant, Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 95 (Sillig, aegilipa).
In English words that came into English from aegĭlops
- aegilopsaegĭlops