onycha
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editonycha (uncountable)
- (obsolete) the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine
- 1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Exodvs 30:34, page 241:
- And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Take vnto thee ſpices, ſtactee, and onycha, galbanum of ſwete ſauour, and the cleareſt frankincenſe, al shal be of equal weight:
- (obsolete) The precious stone onyx.
Translations
editthe operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
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Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux) standing in the Book of Exodus 30, 34, in the accusative, translating in the Septuaginta Biblical Hebrew שְׁחֵלֶת (šəḥēleṯ).
Noun
editonycha f (genitive onychae); first declension (Medieval Latin)
- onycha, the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked ritually and medicinally
- Synonyms: unguis odōrātus, blatta byzantīna, blatta byzantia, opercula cochleārum
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | onycha | onychae |
Genitive | onychae | onychārum |
Dative | onychae | onychīs |
Accusative | onycham | onychās |
Ablative | onychā | onychīs |
Vocative | onycha | onychae |
References
edit- onycha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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