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aegilops

aegilops · f

A disease of the eyes

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What it meant

aegĭlops — Lewis & Short

aegĭlops, ōpis, and aegĭlōpa, ae, f., = ai)gi/lwy.

I A disease of the eyes, a lachrymal fistula, a tumor in the inner corner of the eye (so called from ai)/c, ai)go/s, goat, and w)/y, 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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