Kritharion
From Simon Online
Kritharion grece ordeolus qui in palpebris nascitur.
Apparatus:
Kritharion (-riõ C) AC | Kritarion (-riõ B) B ef
nascitur (-it~ B f ) AC f | oritur e
Translation:
Kritharion is Greek for Latin ordeolus {"stye"}, which grows in the eye-lashes.
Commentary:
Greek κριθάριον /krithárion/ is the diminutive of κριθή /krithḗ/ "barley corns, barley". A stye, the pus-filled cyst caused by an acute inflammation at the base of an eyelash, is compared to a barley corn. Latin hordeolum, "little barley {corn)", is a loan translation of κριθάριον /krithárion/.
WilfGunther 08/03/14
See also Ordeolum