aegilops

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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).

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