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aegĭlops , ōpis, and aegĭlōpa , ae, f., = αἰγίλωψ.
I. A disease of the eyes, a lachrymal fistula, a tumor in the inner corner of the eye (so called from αἴξ, αἰγός, goat, and ὤψ, 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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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 35.34
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.22
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.33
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 7.7
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