Ancient Greek

Noun

ὄνυξ • ‎(ónux) m ‎(genitive ὄνυχος); third declension

1. claw, nail, hoof
2. Anything which resembles a claw or nail
   1. scraping tool
   2. onyx (gem)
   3. a kind of aromatic substance

Declension

Derived terms

• σαρδόνυξ ‎(sardónux)

Descendants

• English: onyx, onycho-
• Greek: νύχι ‎(nýchi)
• Portuguese: ónix
• Russian: о́никс m ‎(óniks)

References

• ὄνυξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὄνυξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὄνυξ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ὄνυξ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ὄνυξ» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ὄνυξ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • claw idem, page 136.
  • nail idem, page 550.
  • talon idem, page 854.