unguis

== English == === Etymology === From Latin unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”). Doublet of onyx. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʌŋ.ɡwɪs/ === Noun === unguis (plural ungues or unguises) (zoology) The nail, claw, talon, or hoof of a finger, toe, or other appendage. One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect. (botany) The slender base of a petal in some flowers; a claw; an ungula. (historical) An old measure equal to the length of the nail of the little finger. ==== Derived terms ==== subunguis == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin unguis (“nail, claw, hoof”), so-called because of its transparency and its shape, reminiscent of a fingernail. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ̃.ɡɥis/ === Noun === unguis m (invariable) (anatomy) The smallest of the facial bones, located at the inner wall of the orbit. === References === “unguis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *ungus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ- (“nail”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Old Irish ingen, Sanskrit नख (nakhá, “claw, nail”), Old Armenian եղունգն (ełungn), Old Church Slavonic ногъть (nogŭtĭ), Lithuanian nagas, Persian ناخن (nâxon), Albanian nyell, and Old English næġl (English nail). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈʊŋ.ɡʷɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuŋ.ɡʷis] === Noun === unguis m (genitive unguis); third declension (anatomy) fingernail, toenail talon, claw hoof ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī). ==== Derived terms ==== ad unguem in unguem unguicula ungula ==== Descendants ==== === References === “unguis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “unguis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “unguis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.