onychinus

onychinus

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

onychinus (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) onyx
   • John Foxe

     […] a certain vessel finely and subtilly made of the precious stone onychinus […]

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνῠ́χῐνος (onúkhinos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈny.kʰi.nus/, [ɔˈnʏ.kʰɪ.nʊs]

Adjective

onychinus (feminine onychina, neuter onychinum); first/second declension

1. onyx marble (attributive, or colour)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	onychinus	onychina	onychinum		onychinī	onychinae	onychina
Genitive	onychinī	onychinae	onychinī		onychinōrum	onychinārum	onychinōrum
Dative	onychinō	onychinae	onychinō		onychinīs	onychinīs	onychinīs
Accusative	onychinum	onychinam	onychinum		onychinōs	onychinās	onychina
Ablative	onychinō	onychinā	onychinō		onychinīs	onychinīs	onychinīs
Vocative	onychine	onychina	onychinum		onychinī	onychinae	onychina

References

• onychinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• onychinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette