ephippium

English

Etymology

Latin ephippium (“saddlecloth”), from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion), from ἐπῐ́ (epí) + ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).

Noun

ephippium (plural ephippia)

  1. (anatomy) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.
  2. (zoology) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ephippium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐφίππιον (ephíppion).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈpʰip.pi.um/, [ɛˈpʰɪp.pi.ũ]

Noun

ephippium n (genitive ephippiī); second declension

  1. saddlecloth, caparison

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ephippium ephippia
Genitive ephippiī ephippiōrum
Dative ephippiō ephippiīs
Accusative ephippium ephippia
Ablative ephippiō ephippiīs
Vocative ephippium ephippia

References
  • ephippium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ephippium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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