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ŏnyx (noun M.f) = ὄνυξ: m. and f., = (a fingernail; hence, from its color).
* Fem., a kind of yellowish marble, onyx, of which vessels of many kinds were made; it was also used for mlaying floors,Plin. 36, 7, 12, § 59: totāque effusus in aulā Calcabatur onyx,Luc. 10, 116; calcatusque tuo sub pede lucet onyx,Mart. 12, 50, 4.
* Masc., a vessel of onyx, an onyx-box: nardi parvus onyx,Hor. C. 4, 12, 17; murrheus,an ointment-box,Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 22; cf.: Syrio munere plenus onyx,id. 2, 10 (3, 5), 14.— In this signif. also as fem.: unguentum fuerat, quod onyx modo parva gerebat,Mart. 7, 94, 1.
* A yellowish precious stone, an onyx, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 90
* The female of a mussel of the scallop species, Plin. 32, 9, 32, § 103.
* Fem., a kind of yellowish marble, onyx, of which vessels of many kinds were made; it was also used for mlaying floors,Plin. 36, 7, 12, § 59: totāque effusus in aulā Calcabatur onyx,Luc. 10, 116; calcatusque tuo sub pede lucet onyx,Mart. 12, 50, 4.
* Masc., a vessel of onyx, an onyx-box: nardi parvus onyx,Hor. C. 4, 12, 17; murrheus,an ointment-box,Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 22; cf.: Syrio munere plenus onyx,id. 2, 10 (3, 5), 14.— In this signif. also as fem.: unguentum fuerat, quod onyx modo parva gerebat,Mart. 7, 94, 1.
* A yellowish precious stone, an onyx, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 90
* The female of a mussel of the scallop species, Plin. 32, 9, 32, § 103.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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