onycha
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
onycha (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 edit
the operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux) standing in the Book of Exodus 30, 34, in the accusative, translating in the Septuaginta Biblical Hebrew שְׁחֵלֶת (šəḥēleṯ).
Noun edit
onycha 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 edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
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)