vernix
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin vernix (“varnish”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvəːnɪks/
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
- bernīx, veronīx
Etymology
Perhaps from Byzantine Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē), from Ancient Greek. Also perhaps from Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa, “color”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwer.niːks/, [ˈwɛr.niːks]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈver.niks/
Declension
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vernīx | vernīcēs |
Genitive | vernīcis | vernīcum |
Dative | vernīcī | vernīcibus |
Accusative | vernīcem | vernīcēs |
Ablative | vernīce | vernīcibus |
Vocative | vernīx | vernīcēs |
Derived terms
- vernīcium
Descendants
References
- vernix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- uernix in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 22.5.2015) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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