onychinus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin onychinus, from Ancient Greek ὀνῠ́χῐνος (onŭ́khĭnos).

Noun

onychinus (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) onyx

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνῠ́χῐνος (onŭ́khĭnos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. (relational) onyx marble
  2. onyx-marble-colored

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
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
accusative onychinum onychinam onychinum onychinōs onychinās onychina
ablative onychinō onychinā onychinō onychinīs
vocative onychine onychina onychinum onychinī onychinae onychina

Descendants

  • Italian: niccolo

Further reading

  • “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.
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