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Webster 1913 Edition


Unguis


Un′guis

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Ungues
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.
[L., nail, claw, or hoof.]
1.
The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.
2.
(Zool.)
One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.
3.
(Bot.)
The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; called also
ungula
.

Definition 2024


unguis

unguis

English

Noun

unguis (plural ungues or unguises)

  1. (zoology) The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage.
  2. One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.
  3. (botany) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; an ungula.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic, 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

  1. (anatomy) fingernail, toenail
  2. claw
  3. hoof

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

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