ungula

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

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Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

ungula (plural ungulas)

  1. nail, ungula

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From unguis (“fingernail, talon”) +‎ -ulus

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ungula f (genitive ungulae); first declension

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

Inflection[edit]

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ungula ungulae
Genitive ungulae ungulārum
Dative ungulae ungulīs
Accusative ungulam ungulās
Ablative ungulā ungulīs
Vocative ungula ungulae

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Descendants[edit]

From a syncopated Vulgar Latin form *ungla:

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