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ὄνυξ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄνυξ ὄνυχος

Structure: ὀνυχ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. claw, nail, hoof
  2. Anything which resembles a claw or nail, scraping tool
  3. onyx (gem)
  4. a kind of aromatic substance

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τὸν ὗν, ὅτι διχηλεῖ ὁπλὴν τοῦτο, καὶ ὀνυχίζει ὄνυχασ ὁπλῆσ, καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀνάγει μηρυκισμόν, ἀκάθαρτον τοῦτο ὑμῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 11:7)
  • ὃν δὲ πρῶτον μεμάποιεν κείμενον ἢ πίπτοντα νεούτατον, ἀμφὶ μὲν αὐτῷ βάλλ’ ὄνυχασ μεγάλουσ, ψυχὴ δ’ Αἴδόσδε κατῇεν Τάρταρον ἐσ κρυόενθ’. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 25:5)
  • δεινὰ δ’ ἐσ ἀλλήλασ δράκον ὄμμασι θυμήνασαι, ἐν δ’ ὄνυχασ χεῖράσ τε θρασείασ ἰσώσαντο. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 25:10)
  • ἀποκαίονται γὰρ ἐν τῷ κρυστάλλῳ αἱ κύνεσ, καὶ τοὺσ ὄνυχασ ἔστιν αἳ ἀπολλύουσιν, καὶ τὰ νέρθεν τῶν ποδῶν αὐταῖσ ῥήγνυται. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 14 5:2)
  • Ἄγε, ὦ Γανύμηδεσ ‐ ἥκομεν γὰρ ἔνθα ἐχρῆν ‐ φίλησόν με ἤδη, ὅπωσ εἰδῇσ οὐκέτι ῥάμφοσ ἀγκύλον ἔχοντα οὐδ̓ ὄνυχασ ὀξεῖσ οὐδὲ πτερά, οἱο͂σ ἐφαινόμην σοι πτηνὸσ εἶναι δοκῶν. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. claw

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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