ὀνύχινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄνυξ (ónux, “nail; onyx”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.ný.kʰi.nos/ → /oˈny.çi.nos/ → /oˈni.çi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.ný.kʰi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈny.kʰi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈny.çi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈny.çi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈni.çi.nos/

Adjective

ὀνύχῐνος • (onúkhinos) m (feminine ὀνῠχῐ́νη, neuter ὀνύχῐνον); first/second declension

1. made of onyx
2. of the colour of onyx

Inflection

First and second declension of ὀνῠ́χῐνος; ὀνῠχῐ́νη; ὀνῠ́χῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀνῠ́χῐνος onúkhinos	ὀνῠχῐ́νη onukhínē	ὀνῠ́χῐνον onúkhinon		ὀνῠχῐ́νω onukhínō	ὀνῠχῐ́νᾱ onukhínā	ὀνῠχῐ́νω onukhínō		ὀνῠ́χῐνοι onúkhinoi	ὀνῠ́χῐναι onúkhinai	ὀνῠ́χῐνᾰ onúkhina
Genitive		ὀνῠχῐ́νου onukhínou	ὀνῠχῐ́νης onukhínēs	ὀνῠχῐ́νου onukhínou		ὀνῠχῐ́νοιν onukhínoin	ὀνῠχῐ́ναιν onukhínain	ὀνῠχῐ́νοιν onukhínoin		ὀνῠχῐ́νων onukhínōn	ὀνῠχῐ́νων onukhínōn	ὀνῠχῐ́νων onukhínōn
Dative		ὀνῠχῐ́νῳ onukhínōi	ὀνῠχῐ́νῃ onukhínēi	ὀνῠχῐ́νῳ onukhínōi		ὀνῠχῐ́νοιν onukhínoin	ὀνῠχῐ́ναιν onukhínain	ὀνῠχῐ́νοιν onukhínoin		ὀνῠχῐ́νοις onukhínois	ὀνῠχῐ́ναις onukhínais	ὀνῠχῐ́νοις onukhínois
Accusative		ὀνῠ́χῐνον onúkhinon	ὀνῠχῐ́νην onukhínēn	ὀνῠ́χῐνον onúkhinon		ὀνῠχῐ́νω onukhínō	ὀνῠχῐ́νᾱ onukhínā	ὀνῠχῐ́νω onukhínō		ὀνῠχῐ́νους onukhínous	ὀνῠχῐ́νᾱς onukhínās	ὀνῠ́χῐνᾰ onúkhina
Vocative		ὀνῠ́χῐνε onúkhine	ὀνῠχῐ́νη onukhínē	ὀνῠ́χῐνον onúkhinon		ὀνῠχῐ́νω onukhínō	ὀνῠχῐ́νᾱ onukhínā	ὀνῠχῐ́νω onukhínō		ὀνῠ́χῐνοι onúkhinoi	ὀνῠ́χῐναι onúkhinai	ὀνῠ́χῐνᾰ onúkhina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀνῠχῐ́νως onukhínōs				ὀνῠχῐνώτερος onukhinṓteros				ὀνῠχῐνώτᾰτος onukhinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀνύχινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀνύχινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette