vernix
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin vernix (“varnish”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
vernix (uncountable)
- (medicine) Vernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies.
- 2004, Armin A Brott, The New Father, Mitchell Beazley 2011, p. 21:
- The cheesy stuff is called vernix, and it's a natural moisturizer that protects the baby's skin while she's in the womb.
- 2009, Sam Leith, The Guardian, 7 Nov 2009:
- But when – like Troy in the end of the film – you are presented for the first time with an angry, purple, bloody, vernix-covered, shit-smeared, breathing human being, everything changes.
- 2004, Armin A Brott, The New Father, Mitchell Beazley 2011, p. 21:
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps from Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē), from Ancient Greek. Also perhaps from Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa, “color”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯er.niːks/, [ˈu̯ɛrniːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈver.niks/, [ˈvɛrniks]
Noun
vernīx m (genitive vernīcis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vernīx | vernīcēs |
Genitive | vernīcis | vernīcum |
Dative | vernīcī | vernīcibus |
Accusative | vernīcem | vernīcēs |
Ablative | vernīce | vernīcibus |
Vocative | vernīx | vernīcēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- vernix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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 (2015 May 22 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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