epulis

Borrowed from New Latin epūlis.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈpju.lɪs/
• Rhymes: -uːlɪs

epulis (plural epulides)

1. (medicine) A hard tumour or tumorous growth developed from the gums.

• “epulis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• pileus

• epūlis: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈpu.lis/, [eˈpuːlis]
• epulīs: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pu.liːs/, [ˈɛpʊlʲiːs̠]
• epulīs: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pu.lis/, [ˈɛːpulis]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπουλῐ́ς (epoulís, “growth on the gums”).

epūlis f (genitive epūlidos); third declension (New Latin)

1. (medicine) A growth on the gum; an epulis.

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

¹In poetry.

• → English: epulis

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

epulīs n

1. dative/ablative plural of epulum

epulīs f (plural only)

1. dative/ablative of epulae