ungula
See also: úngula
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ungula (“claw, hoof”), from unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”).
Noun edit
ungula (plural ungulae)
- A hoof, claw, or talon.
- (geometry) A section of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.
- (botany) Alternative form of unguis
- A surgical instrument for use in removing a dead fetus.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ungula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams edit
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
ungula (plural ungulas)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From unguis (“fingernail, talon”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈun.ɡu.la/, [ˈʊŋɡʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈun.ɡu.la/, [ˈuŋɡulä]
Noun edit
ungula f (genitive ungulae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | ungula | ungulae |
Genitive | ungulae | ungulārum |
Dative | ungulae | ungulīs |
Accusative | ungulam | ungulās |
Ablative | ungulā | ungulīs |
Vocative | ungula | ungulae |
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- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North-Italian:
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- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
References edit
- “ungula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ungula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ungula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette