unguis
English
Etymology
Noun
unguis (plural ungues or unguises)
- (zoology) The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.
- One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.
- (botany) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; an ungula.
Derived terms
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 unguis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Old Irish inga, Sanskrit नख (nakhá, “claw, nail”), Old Armenian եղունգն (ełungn), Old Church Slavonic ногъть (nogŭtĭ), Lithuanian nagas, Persian ناخن (nâxon), Albanian nyell, and Old English næġel (English nail).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈun.ɡʷis/, [ˈʊŋ.ɡᶣɪs]
Noun
unguis m (genitive unguis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | unguis | unguēs |
| genitive | unguis | unguium |
| dative | unguī | unguibus |
| accusative | unguem | unguēs |
| ablative | ungue | unguibus |
| vocative | unguis | unguēs |
Derived terms
References
- unguis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- unguis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- unguis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette