onycha

onycha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin onycha.

Noun

onycha (uncountable)

1. (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 1006139495, 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:

2. (obsolete) The precious stone onyx.

Translations

the operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug

Arabic: ظُفْر الطِيب‎ m (ẓufr aṭ-ṭīb) Armenian: Middle Armenian: ազֆար ըլ տիպ (azfar əl tip), դիվու ըղունկ (divu əłunk) Czech: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: suitsutuskynsi (biblical), kotilonkuori (biblical) German: Riechschale f, Räucherklaue f Greek: Ancient: ὄνυξ m (ónux) Hebrew: שְׁחֵלֶת‎ (he) f (šəḥēleṯ), צִפֹּרֶן‎ (he) f (ṣip̄ōren) Latin: unguis odoratus m, blatta byzantina f, blatta byzantia f, opercula cochlearum n pl, onycha f Swedish: please add this translation if you can

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Latin

Etymology

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

onycha f (genitive onychae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. onycha, the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked ritually and medicinally

   Synonyms: unguis odōrātus, blatta byzantīna, blatta byzantia, opercula cochleārum

Declension

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

• 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)