μῶνυξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῠχος, ὁ, ἡ, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[with a single]], i.e. [[uncloven]], [[hoof]], epith. of the horse, freq. in <span class="bibl">Il., 5.236</span>, al.; once in <span class="bibl">Od., 15.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Sol.23</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 793</span> (lyr., dub.l.), <span class="title">Stud.Pont.</span>3.16 (ii/i B.C.); also μ. ὕες <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 499b13</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μ. [τῶν ζῴων</b>] <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>8</span>; τετραπόδων ὅσα μ. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span> 4.7</span>; [γένει] τῷ καλουμένῳ μώνυχι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>265d</span>. (From [[sm]]- (weak form of [[sem]]-, cf. [[εἷς]]) and [[ὄνυξ]] ([[ὄ]]- lengthd. in composition).)</span>

|auten=υχος: according to the ancients, [[single]]-hoofed, [[solid]]-hoofed ([[μόνος]], [[ὄνυξ]]), epith. of horses (as opp. to the [[cloven]]-footed [[cattle]]). (Il. and Od. 15.46.)