aegilopsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin aegilōps, from Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “haver-grass, Aegilops neglecta”).

名詞

aegilops (複数形 aegilopses)

1. An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
   • 1823, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 6th Edition, Volume 2, page 205,

     If the ægilops be neglected, it bursts, and degenerates into a fistula, which eats into the bone.

   • 1829, Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, And Practical Mechanics, Volume I: A to America,

     If the ægilops be accompanied with an inflammation, it is supposed to take its rise from the abundance of blood, which a plethoric habit discharges on the corner of the eye.

   • 1846, Paulus Aegineta, Francis Adams (translator), The Seven Books of Paulus Ægineta, Volume 2, page 284,

     The ægilops is an apostematous swelling between the great canthus and the nose ; and it is an affection difficult to cure, owing to the thinness of the bodies, and the fear of injuring the eye by sympathy.

2. (obsolete) The goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.

参照

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

アナグラム

• spoilage