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ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ· τὴν μὲν χρόαν ἰδεῖν ὁμοιόν ἔστι θάλπει δ' οὐδαμῶς → like the moon to the sun: its color is similar to the eye, but it does not give off any heat
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|gf=<b>ŏnyx</b>,¹⁴ ўchis, m. ([[ὄνυξ]]), [[onyx]] [sorte d’agate] : Plin. 36, 59 || vase d’[[onyx]] : Hor. O. 4, 12, 17 ; Prop. 2, 13, 30 ; 3, 10, 22 || sorte de pierre précieuse : Plin. 37, 90 || sorte de mollusque : Plin. 32, 103. f., Plin. 37, 90 ; Mart. 7, 94, 1 || acc. s. onycha Vulg. Exod. 30, 34 ; pl. onychas Plin. 37, 90. | |gf=<b>ŏnyx</b>,¹⁴ ўchis, m. ([[ὄνυξ]]), [[onyx]] [sorte d’agate] : Plin. 36, 59 || vase d’[[onyx]] : Hor. O. 4, 12, 17 ; Prop. 2, 13, 30 ; 3, 10, 22 || sorte de pierre précieuse : Plin. 37, 90 || sorte de mollusque : Plin. 32, 103. f., Plin. 37, 90 ; Mart. 7, 94, 1 || acc. s. onycha Vulg. Exod. 30, 34 ; pl. onychas Plin. 37, 90.||vase d’[[onyx]] : Hor. O. 4, 12, 17 ; Prop. 2, 13, 30 ; 3, 10, 22||sorte de pierre précieuse : Plin. 37, 90||sorte de mollusque : Plin. 32, 103. f., Plin. 37, 90 ; Mart. 7, 94, 1||acc. s. onycha Vulg. Exod. 30, 34 ; pl. onychas Plin. 37, 90. | ||
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Revision as of 07:43, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ŏnyx: ychis, m. and f., = ὄνυξ (a fingernail; hence, from its color).
I Fem., a kind of yellowish marble, onyx, of which vessels of many kinds were made; it was also used for mlaying floors, Plin. 36, 7, 12, § 59: totāque effusus in aulā Calcabatur onyx, Luc. 10, 116; calcatusque tuo sub pede lucet onyx, Mart. 12, 50, 4.—
B Masc., a vessel of onyx, an onyx-box: nardi parvus onyx, Hor. C. 4, 12, 17; murrheus, an ointment-box, Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 22; cf.: Syrio munere plenus onyx, id. 2, 10 (3, 5), 14.— In this signif. also as fem.: unguentum fuerat, quod onyx modo parva gerebat, Mart. 7, 94, 1.—
II A yellowish precious stone, an onyx, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 90—
III The female of a mussel of the scallop species, Plin. 32, 9, 32, § 103.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ŏnyx,¹⁴ ўchis, m. (ὄνυξ), onyx [sorte d’agate] : Plin. 36, 59 || vase d’onyx : Hor. O. 4, 12, 17 ; Prop. 2, 13, 30 ; 3, 10, 22 || sorte de pierre précieuse : Plin. 37, 90 || sorte de mollusque : Plin. 32, 103. f., Plin. 37, 90 ; Mart. 7, 94, 1 || acc. s. onycha Vulg. Exod. 30, 34 ; pl. onychas Plin. 37, 90.
