panaricium

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Alteration, by analogy with pānus (tumour), of earlier parōnychium~parōnychia, from Ancient Greek πᾰρωνῠχῐ́ᾱ (parōnukhíā). First found in this form in the writings of Pseudo-Apuleius.

Noun

panāricium n (genitive panāriciī or panāricī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) a disease of the fingernails

Descendants

Forms with unexpected /ˈi/ presumably influenced by descendants of -īcius.

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: panareccio, panereccio, panariccio
    • Neapolitan: panaruzzo (Matera), panaroicio (Agnone)
    • Sicilian: pannarizzu
  • Western Romance:
    • Catalan: panadís
    • Emilian: panarez
    • Piedmontese: panaris
    • Spanish: panadizo, panarizo
  • Borrowings:

References

Further reading

  • panaricium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • panaricium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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