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.
- 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
-
claw
- κρατερῶνυξ (strong-hoofed, solid-hoofed, strong-clawed)
