ὄνυξ
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-.
Cognates include Latin unguis, Old Irish inga, Sanskrit नख (nakhá, “claw, nail”), Old Armenian եղունգն (ełungn), Persian ناخن (nâxon), Old Church Slavonic ногъть (nogŭtĭ), Lithuanian nagas, Albanian nyell, and Old English næġl (English nail).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ó.nyks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈo.nyks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈo.nyks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈo.nyks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈo.niks/
Noun edit
ὄνῠξ • (ónux) m (genitive ὄνῠχος); third declension
- claw, nail, hoof, talon
- Anything which resembles a claw or nail
- scraping tool
- onyx (gem)
- a kind of aromatic substance
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ὄνῠξ ho ónux |
τὼ ὄνῠχε tṑ ónukhe |
οἱ ὄνῠχες hoi ónukhes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὄνῠχος toû ónukhos |
τοῖν ὀνῠ́χοιν toîn onúkhoin |
τῶν ὀνῠ́χων tôn onúkhōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὄνῠχῐ tôi ónukhi |
τοῖν ὀνῠ́χοιν toîn onúkhoin |
τοῖς ὄνῠξῐ / ὄνῠξῐν toîs ónuxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ὄνῠχᾰ tòn ónukha |
τὼ ὄνῠχε tṑ ónukhe |
τοὺς ὄνῠχᾰς toùs ónukhas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὄνῠξ ónux |
ὄνῠχε ónukhe |
ὄνῠχες ónukhes | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὄνῠξ ónux |
ὄνῠχε ónukhe |
ὄνῠχες ónukhes | ||||||||||
Genitive | ὄνῠχος ónukhos |
ὀνῠ́χοιῐν onúkhoiin |
ὀνῠ́χων onúkhōn | ||||||||||
Dative | ὄνῠχῐ ónukhi |
ὀνῠ́χοιῐν onúkhoiin |
ὄνῠξῐ / ὄνῠξῐν / ὀνῠ́χεσσῐ / ὀνῠ́χεσσῐν / ὀνῠ́χεσῐ / ὀνῠ́χεσῐν ónuxi(n) / onúkhessi(n) / onúkhesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | ὄνῠχᾰ ónukha |
ὄνῠχε ónukhe |
ὄνῠχᾰς ónukhas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὄνῠξ ónux |
ὄνῠχε ónukhe |
ὄνῠχες ónukhes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Byzantine Greek: νύχιν (núkhin) (from diminutive ὀνύχιον)
- → Latin: onyx
- → Russian: о́никс (óniks)
- → Kazakh: оникс (oniks)
See also edit
- ἧλος (hêlos)
References edit
- “ὄνυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὄνυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ὄνυξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὄνυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὄνυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ὄνυξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.