ad unguem

== Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad unguem. === Adverb === ad unguem ad unguem Synonym: alla perfezione == Latin == === Etymology === Calque of Ancient Greek εἰς ὄνῠχᾰ (eis ónukha, literally “to a nail”): an expression borrowed from sculptors, who, in modelling, give the finishing touch with the fingernail, or from joiners, who test the accuracy of joints in wood by the fingernail. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈad ˈʊŋ.ɡʷẽː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈad ˈuŋ.ɡʷem] === Adverb === ad unguem (not comparable) to a hair, to a nicety; precisely, exactly; to an exacting standard Synonym: in unguem === References === “unguis · I.B.5”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “unguis · 1.b” on page 2,093/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)