onyx
English
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From Middle English onix (c. 1300), earlier oniche (c. 1250), from Old French oniche or onix, from Latin onyx, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “onyx”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
onyx (countable and uncountable, plural onyxes)
- (mineralogy) A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.
- A jet-black color, named after the gemstone.
- onyx:
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template..
Translations
a banded variety of chalcedony
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Adjective
onyx (not comparable)
- jet-black
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version, Genesis, 2:12
- And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/7/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
- There was no moon, only stars set brilliantly in the soft black onyx of the sky : a black night and very silent on Cimiez ; and a black and silent prospect from the verandah […]
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version, Genesis, 2:12
See also
References
- ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux, “nail”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈo.nyks/, [ˈɔnʏks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.niks/, [ˈɔːniks]
Noun
onyx m (genitive onychis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | onyx | onychēs |
Genitive | onychis | onychum |
Dative | onychī | onychibus |
Accusative | onychem | onychēs |
Ablative | onyche | onychibus |
Vocative | onyx | onychēs |
References
- “onyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “onyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “onyx”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “onyx”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Middle English
Noun
onyx (uncountable)
- Alternative form of oniche
Portuguese
Noun
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