ὀνύχινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄνυξ (ónux, “nail; onyx”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.ný.kʰi.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈny.kʰi.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈny.çi.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈny.çi.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈni.çi.nos/
Adjective
ὀνύχῐνος • (onúkhinos) m (feminine ὀνῠχῐ́νη, neuter ὀνύχῐνον); first/second declension
- made of onyx
- of the colour of onyx
Inflection
First and second declension of ὀνῠ́χῐνος; ὀνῠχῐ́νη; ὀνῠ́χῐνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ὀνῠ́χῐνος onúkhinos | ὀνῠχῐ́νη onukhínē | ὀνῠ́χῐνον onúkhinon | ὀνῠχῐ́νω onukhínō | ὀνῠχῐ́νᾱ onukhínā | ὀνῠχῐ́νω onukhínō | ὀνῠ́χῐνοι onúkhinoi | ὀνῠ́χῐναι onúkhinai | ὀνῠ́χῐνᾰ onúkhina | |||||
Genitive | ὀνῠχῐ́νου onukhínou | ὀνῠχῐ́νης onukhínēs | ὀνῠχῐ́νου onukhínou | ὀνῠχῐ́νοιν onukhínoin | ὀνῠχῐ́ναιν onukhínain | ὀνῠχῐ́νοιν onukhínoin | ὀνῠχῐ́νων onukhínōn | ὀνῠχῐ́νων onukhínōn | ὀνῠχῐ́νων onukhínōn | |||||
Dative | ὀνῠχῐ́νῳ onukhínōi | ὀνῠχῐ́νῃ onukhínēi | ὀνῠχῐ́νῳ onukhínōi | ὀνῠχῐ́νοιν onukhínoin | ὀνῠχῐ́ναιν onukhínain | ὀνῠχῐ́νοιν onukhínoin | ὀνῠχῐ́νοις onukhínois | ὀνῠχῐ́ναις onukhínais | ὀνῠχῐ́νοις onukhínois | |||||
Accusative | ὀνῠ́χῐνον onúkhinon | ὀνῠχῐ́νην onukhínēn | ὀνῠ́χῐνον onúkhinon | ὀνῠχῐ́νω onukhínō | ὀνῠχῐ́νᾱ onukhínā | ὀνῠχῐ́νω onukhínō | ὀνῠχῐ́νους onukhínous | ὀνῠχῐ́νᾱς onukhínās | ὀνῠ́χῐνᾰ onúkhina | |||||
Vocative | ὀνῠ́χῐνε onúkhine | ὀνῠχῐ́νη onukhínē | ὀνῠ́χῐνον onúkhinon | ὀνῠχῐ́νω onukhínō | ὀνῠχῐ́νᾱ onukhínā | ὀνῠχῐ́νω onukhínō | ὀνῠ́χῐνοι onúkhinoi | ὀνῠ́χῐναι onúkhinai | ὀνῠ́χῐνᾰ onúkhina | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὀνῠχῐ́νως onukhínōs | ὀνῠχῐνώτερος onukhinṓteros | ὀνῠχῐνώτᾰτος onukhinṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὀνύχινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀνύχινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette