ungula
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin ungula (“claw, hoof”), from unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”).
Noun[edit]
ungula (plural ungulae)
- A hoof, claw, or talon.
- (geometry) A section of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.
- (botany) Alternative form of unguis
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 ungula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From unguis (“fingernail, talon”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ungula f (genitive ungulae); first declension
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ungula | ungulae |
| genitive | ungulae | ungulārum |
| dative | ungulae | ungulīs |
| accusative | ungulam | ungulās |
| ablative | ungulā | ungulīs |
| vocative | ungula | ungulae |
Derived terms[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
From a syncopated Vulgar Latin form *ungla:
- Constructed languages
References[edit]
- ungula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ungula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ungula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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