ungula
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See also: úngula
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed 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
- A surgical instrument for use in removing a dead fetus.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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]
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
ungula (plural ungulas)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From unguis (“fingernail, talon”) + -ulus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ungula f (genitive ungulae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ungula | ungulae |
Genitive | ungulae | ungulārum |
Dative | ungulae | ungulīs |
Accusative | ungulam | ungulās |
Ablative | ungulā | ungulīs |
Vocative | ungula | ungulae |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
From a syncopated Vulgar Latin form *ungla:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Sardinian: unga
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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