ungula

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ungula (“claw, hoof”), from unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”).

Noun

ungula (plural ungulae)

1. A hoof, claw, or talon.
2. (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.
3. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

• ungual

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Latin

Etymology

From unguis (“fingernail, talon”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈun.ɡu.la/, [ˈʊŋ.ɡʊ.ɫa]

Noun

ungula f (genitive ungulae); first declension

1. hoof, claw
2. (figuratively) a horse
3. an aromatic spice

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ungula	ungulae
genitive	ungulae	ungulārum
dative	ungulae	ungulīs
accusative	ungulam	ungulās
ablative	ungulā	ungulīs
vocative	ungula	ungulae

Derived terms

• ungulātus

Related terms

• unguis

Descendants

• Aromanian: unglji
• Asturian: uña
• Catalan: ungla
• Dalmatian: jongla
• Esperanto: ungo
• Franco-Provençal: ongla
• French: ongle
• Friulian: ongule
• Galician: uña, unlla
• Ido: unglo

• Italian: unghia
• Occitan: ongla, ungla
• Portuguese: unha
• Romanian: unghie
• Romansch: ungla
• Sardinian: úgna
• Sicilian: ugna
• Spanish: uña
• Venetian: ongia, onza
• Walloon: ongue

References

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)