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LNS

onychinus, onychina, onychinum

onychinus

ὀνύχινος

adjective (2-1-2)

Of the color of the finger-nail, nail-colored
Of the marble called
resembling the onyx

Abbreviations

onychinus, a, um, adj., = ὀνύχινος. Of the color of the finger-nail, nail-colored: pira, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55: pruna, Col. 12, 10.

— Of the marble called onyx: lapis, Vulg. Gen. 2, 12.

—As subst.: onychinus, the onyx, Vulg. Exod. 39, 13.

—Transf., resembling the onyx (poet.) of the coating of ice on rivers: tegimen onychinum, Laev ap. Gell. 19, 7 fin.

—Subst.: onychina (sc. vasa), n. plur., vessels of onyx, Lampr. Heliog. 32.