LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

epithema

epithema n (genitive epithematis)

Meaning

  1. neuterpoultice, medical lotion, epithem
  2. Medieval Latinalternativeneuteralternative form of epithymum

ĕpĭthĕma, ătis, n., = ἐπίθεμα, in medic. lang.,
I. a poultice or lotion, epithem, Scrib. Comp. 160; Marc. Empir. 20; Mart. Cap. 3, § 225.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Ancient Greek τῐ́θημῐ (tĭ́thēmĭ) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek θέμα (théma) Ancient Greek ἐπίθεμα (epíthema)bor. Latin epithema Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίθεμα (epíthema, “a cover, column capital, poultice”).

Descendants
  • Italianpittima
  • Spanishbizmafrom Old Spanish bidma
  • Leonesebilma

Quick answers

What does epithema mean in Latin?
epithema, a noun, means “poultice, medical lotion, epithem; alternative form of epithymum”.
What is the genitive of epithema?
The genitive singular is epithematis. epithema is neuter, third declension.