ĕpĭnyctis, ĭdis, f., = ἐπινυκτίς.
I Night-blains , pustules that arise in the night , Plin. 20, 2, 6, § 12 (in Cels. 5, 28, 15, written as Greek).—
II A kind of sore in the eyelid; also called syce, Plin. 20, 6, 21, § 44.