ungula

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed 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
  4. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Interlingua

Noun

ungula (plural ungulas)

  1. nail, ungula

Latin

Etymology

From unguis (fingernail, talon) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ungula f (genitive ungulae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

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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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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.