ὄνυξ
Third declension Noun; Masculine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὄνυξ
ὄνυχος
Structure:
ὀνυχ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- claw, nail, hoof
- Anything which resembles a claw or nail, scraping tool
- onyx (gem)
- 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.
- Θαυμασάντων δὲ πάντων τὴν καρτεροψυχίαν αὐτοῦ, ἦγον οἱ δορυφόροι τὸν καθ’ ἡλικίαν τοῦ προτέρου δεύτερον καὶ σιδηρᾶσ ἐναρμοσάμενοι χεῖρασ ὀξέσι τοῖσ ὄνυξιν ὀργάνῳ καὶ καταπέλτῃ προσέδησαν αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:26)
- κατὰ μὲν ὄνυξιν ἠλοκίσμεθ’, ἀμφὶ δὲ σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα. (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, epode2)
- ἐπὶ δὲ χρυσοτύπῳ κράνει Σφίγγεσ ὄνυξιν ἀοίδιμον ἄγραν φέρουσαι· (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 22)
- ἐδόκουν αἰετὸν καταπτόμενον ἐσ τὴν ἀγορὰν μέγαν πάνυ ἀναρπάσαντα τοῖσ ὄνυξιν ἀσπίδα φέρειν ἐπίχαλκον ἀνεκὰσ ἐσ τὸν οὐρανόν, κἄπειτα ταύτην ἀποβαλεῖν Κλεώνυμον. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 1:14)
- τοῖσι γὰρ δὴ ὄνυξιν ὅσα σιδήρῳ διαχρᾶσθαι ἐλέγοντο καὶ τοὺσ ἰχθύασ τούτοισι παρασχίζοντεσ κατεργάζεσθαι καὶ τῶν ξύλων ἃσαμαλθακώτερα. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 24 9:2)
Synonyms
-
claw
- κρατερῶνυξ (strong-hoofed, solid-hoofed, strong-clawed)
