ĕlĕphantĭăsis (-tĭōsis, Veg. A. V. 4, 3, 4; August. de Gen. ad Lit. 9, 10), is, f., = ἐλεφαντίασις,
a very virulent kind of leprosy , elephantiasis , Plin. 26, 1, 5, § 7 sq.; 20, 10, 42, § 109; 20, 14, 52, § 144; Veg. A. V. 1, 9; 1, 16; 4, 3, 4 (in Cels. 3, 25, written as Greek). Also called ĕlĕphas , q. v., and ĕlĕphantĭa , ae, Scrib. Comp. 250; and ĕlĕphantĭcus morbus, Isid. Orig. 4, 8, 12. One who labors under it is called ĕlĕphantĭăcus , Firm. Math. 8, 19 fin. ; Hier. in Ezech. 6, 18, 6; and ĕlĕphantĭcus , id. ib. 8, 28; and ĕlĕphantĭōsus , August. de Gen. ad Lit. 9, 10; App. Herb. 84, 3.