aegilopsn.

Etymology: < classical Latin aegilops ulcer in the eye, lacrimal fistula, species of oak tree, species of grass < Hellenistic Greek αἰγίλωψ ulcer in the eye, lacrimal fistula, species of oak tree, species of grass, of uncertain origin, perhaps two (or three) separate words (see note). Compare Middle French egilope , Middle French, French aegilops , (now rare) égilops , égilope (c1500 as egilope in sense 1, 1546 as aegilops in sense 3a, 1786 as égilope in sense 3b).Hellenistic Greek αἰγίλωψ denoting a species of grass probably derives < αἴγιλος herb eaten by goats ( < ancient Greek αἰγ- , αἴξ goat (see Aegipan n.) + -λος , suffix forming nouns). Hellenistic Greek αἰγίλωψ denoting a species of oak tree may derive from a first element < the same Indo-European base as oak n. + a second element related to ancient Greek λώπη robe, mantle. With Hellenistic Greek αἰγίλωψ denoting a lacrimal fistula, compare Hellenistic Greek ἀγχίλωψ swelling which obstructs the lacrimal duct, derived by Galen < ancient Greek ἀγχί near (see anchithere n.) + ὤψ eye, face (see -ops comb. form), but in fact the two words may be of pre-Greek origin.