ungulus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to bend; bow; curve”). Cognate with Latin uncus (“hook”), Proto-Germanic *angijō (“ing”), Ancient Greek ἄγκος (ánkos, “a bend; hollow; mountain glen; dell; valley”), Sanskrit अङ्कस् (aṅkas, “a bend or curve”).
Noun
[edit]ungulus m (genitive ungulī); second declension
- A finger ring in the Oscan language
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ungulus | ungulī |
Genitive | ungulī | ungulōrum |
Dative | ungulō | ungulīs |
Accusative | ungulum | ungulōs |
Ablative | ungulō | ungulīs |
Vocative | ungule | ungulī |
References
[edit]- “ungulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ungulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.