aegilops

See also: ægilops and Aegilops

English

Alternative forms

• ægilops

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin aegilops, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “haver-grass, ”) ( <= Aegilops ovata), an herb of which goats are fond.

Noun

aegilops (plural 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 wild-oat or other grass found as a corn-weed.

References

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

Anagrams

• spoilage