adjective greek

ŏnўchĭnus

fem. ŏnўchĭna · neut. ŏnўchĭnum

= ὀνύχινος.

Of the color of the finger-nail; nail-colored •

Of the color of the finger-nail, nail-colored: pira, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55: pruna, Col. 12, 10.—

Of the marble called; resembling the onyx; fin.—Subst by extension •

Of the marble called onyx: lapis, Vulg. Gen. 2, 12.—As subst.: onychinus, the onyx, Vulg. Exod. 39, 13.—Transf., resembling the onyx (poet.) of the coating of ice on rivers: tegimen onychinum, Laev ap. Gell. 19, 7 fin.—Subst.: ŏnўchĭna (sc. vasa), n. plur., vessels of onyx, Lampr. Heliog. 32.

Perseus ID: n32645 Key: onychinus