onycha
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin
Noun
onycha (uncountable)
- (obsolete) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus.
- 1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Exodvs 30:34, page 241:
- And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Take vnto thee ſpices, ſtactee, and onycha, galbanum of ſwete ſauour, and the cleareſt frankincenſe, al shal be of equal weight:
- (obsolete) The precious stone onyx.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “onycha”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
Noun
onycha f (genitive onychae); first declension
- an unknown type of mollusc
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | onycha | onychae |
| Genitive | onychae | onychārum |
| Dative | onychae | onychīs |
| Accusative | onycham | onychās |
| Ablative | onychā | onychīs |
| Vocative | onycha | onychae |
References
- onycha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)