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|lshtext=<b>unguis</b>: is (abl. ungui, Cat. 62, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 46; id. C. 2, 8, 4; Prop. 1, 20, 39; cf. [[Charis]]. p. 120), m. cf. Gr. ΟΝΥΧ-, [[ὄνυξ]]; Sanscr. nakha,<br /><b>I</b> a [[nail]] of a [[person]]'s [[finger]] or [[toe]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247; 10, 35, 52, § 106; 28, 2, 5, § 28; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51; 1, 19, 46; id. S. 1, 3, 101; Prop. 1, 20, 39; Ov. Am. 1, 7, 64; 2, 6, 4; id. A. A. 3, 708.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of animals. a [[claw]], [[talon]], [[hoof]], Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247; Hor. C. 2, 19, 24; Ov. M. 4, 717; 10, 540; Col. 6, 12; Mart. 14, 199 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Proverbial phrases.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ab imis unguibus [[usque]] ad verticem summum, from [[top]] to [[toe]], from the [[crown]] of his [[head]] to the [[sole]] of his [[foot]], Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A rectā conscientiā transversum unguem non discedere, not to [[depart]] a [[finger]]'s [[breadth]] in the [[least]], Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4; cf. ellipt.: [[urge]] [[igitur]], nec transversum unguem, [[quod]] aiunt, a [[stilo]], id. Fam. 7, 25, 2: si tu ex [[isto]] [[loco]] digitum transvorsum aut unguem latum excesseris, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 17 sq.; Hier. Ep. 127, 8 (v. [[transversus]] and [[digitus]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cum [[medium]] ostenderet unguem, i. e. showed [[utter]] [[derision]], the greatest [[contempt]] ([[because]] the [[middle]] [[finger]] [[was]] regarded as [[indecent]]), Juv. 10, 53.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Incestos amores De tenero meditatur ungui, i. e. from [[childhood]], ἐξ ἁπαλῶν ὸνύχων, Hor. C. 3, 6, 24 (for [[which]]: a teneris unguiculis, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ad or in unguem, [[after]] the Gr. εἰς ὄνυχα or ἐπ ὄνυχος, to a [[hair]], to a [[nicety]], [[exactly]], [[perfectly]] (an [[expression]] borrowed from sculptors, [[who]], in [[modelling]], [[give]] the [[finishing]] [[touch]] [[with]] the [[nail]]; or joiners, [[who]] [[test]] the [[accuracy]] of joints in [[wood]] by the [[nail]]: materiem dolare ad unguem, Col. 11, 2, 13: ad unguem Factus [[homo]], [[highly]] [[polished]], [[perfectly]] [[accomplished]], Hor. S. 1, 5, 32; cf.: [[carmen]] [[decies]] castigare ad unguem, id. A. P. 294 Jan. ad loc.: suturae capitis in unguem committuntur, Cels. 8, 1, § 12; Verg. G. 2, 277 Serv.; Vitr. 4, 6, 2; cf. also: carmina molli [[numero]] fluere, ut per leve severos effundat junctura [[unguis]], Pers. 1, 65.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Homo, cujus pluris erat [[unguis]], [[quam]] tu [[totus]] es, a [[man]] whose [[little]] [[finger]] [[was]] [[worth]] [[more]] [[than]] [[your]] [[whole]] [[body]], Petr. 57 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rodere ungues, to [[bite]] the nails, i. e. to be buried in [[thought]], etc.: [[ille]] in versu faciendo Saepe [[caput]] scaberet vivos et roderet ungues, Hor. S. 1, 10, 71; cf.: ungue meam morso [[saepe]] querere fidem. Prop. 3 (4), 25, 4: et [[saepe]] inmeritos corrumpas dentibus ungues, id. 2, 4, 3 (13).—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of plants, a [[nail]]-[[like]] [[spot]], the [[tip]], [[extremity]], Plin. 12, 9, 19, § 36; 21, 18, 73, § 121; Col. 4, 24, 7; Pall. Febr. 12, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[kind]] of [[shell]]-[[fish]], perh. the [[razor]]-[[fish]], Varr. L. L. 5, 12, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[hook]]: ferrei, Col. 12, 18, 2. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[white]] [[skin]] on the [[eye]], a [[web]], haw, [[πτερύγιον]], Cels. 7, 7, 4.

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|georg=unguis, is, m. (v. ονυξ), der [[Nagel]] an dem [[Finger]] od. an der [[Zehe]], I) eig.: a) der Menschen, ungues ponere, Hor., od. resecare, Plin., od. subsecare, Ov., od. recidere, Curt.: ungues rodere, an den N. [[kauen]] ([[bei]] langem Nachsinnen), Hor.: mordere ungues, in die Nägel [[beißen]] ([[vor]] [[Verdruß]] [[oder]] [[Reue]]), Prop.: so [[auch]] ungues corrumpere dentibus, Prop.: [[medium]] unguem ostendere, den m. [[Finger]] [[zeigen]], [[ausstrecken]], [[als]] [[Zeichen]] der Ärgsten Verschmähung (da der [[Mittelfinger]] [[als]] [[unzüchtig]] galt), Iuven. 10, 53: ab imis unguibus [[sese]] totam [[adusque]] summos capillos perlinit, [[wir]] »vom [[Kopf]] [[bis]] [[auf]] die [[Zehe]]«, Apul. [[met]]. 3, 21. – Sprichw., ab imis unguibus ad verticem [[summum]], vom [[Kopf]] [[bis]] zur [[Zehe]] od. zu den Fußspitzen ([[wie]] [[wir]] [[umgekehrt]] [[sagen]]), Cic. Rosc. com. 20: a [[recta]] [[conscientia]] traversum unguem [[non]] [[oportet]] discedere, [[nicht]] [[einen]] Querfinger ([[wir]] »kein [[Haar]]«) [[breit]], Cic. ad Att. 13, 20, 4: [[ebenso]] si tu ex [[istoc]] [[loco]] digitum transvorsum [[aut]] unguem latum excesseris, Plaut. aul. 57: te [[numquam]] ab [[illa]] ne transversum [[quidem]] unguem, ut dicitur, recessisse, [[Hieron]]. epist. 127, 8: u. ellipt., [[nec]] transversum unguem ([[wir]] »um kein [[Haar]]«), [[quod]] aiunt, a [[stilo]], Cic. ep. 7, 25, 2. – u. [[ähnlich]] [[non]] ungue latius ([[wir]] »keinen [[Finger]] [[breit]]«) digredi od. discedere, Apul. [[met]]. 2, 18; 10, 26; 11, 17. – de tenero ungui, [[von]] Kindesbeinen an, Hor. carm. 3, 6, 24. – ad unguem, in unguem, [[wie]] das griech. [[εἰς]] ονυχα επ᾽ ὀνυχος, [[bis]] [[auf]] die Nagelprobe ([[ein]] [[von]] den Bildhauern entlehnter [[Ausdruck]], die [[mit]] dem [[Nagel]] [[zuletzt]] die [[Glätte]] ihrer [[Arbeit]] prüften) = [[bis]] aufs [[Haar]], aufs genauste, ad unguem materiem dolare, Colum. 11, 2, 13: ad unguem [[factus]] [[homo]], [[ein]] [[fein]] geglätteter M., [[ein]] feiner [[Weltmann]], Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 5, 32 u. [[dazu]] [[Porphyr]].: [[carmen]] [[decies]] castigare ad unguem, Hor. de art. poët. 294: ex his ceterae suturae (capitis) in unguem committuntur, vereinigen [[sich]] [[auf]] das genauste (aufs [[Haar]]), Cels. 8, 1. p. 321, 23 D.: u. so [[uti]] crepidines excurrant et in unguem ipso cymatio coniungantur, Vitr. 4, 6, 2: [[omnia]] in unguem [[secto]] [[via]] limite quadret, Verg. georg. 2, 277 sq. – [[homo]], [[cuius]] [[pluris]] [[unguis]], [[quam]] tu [[totus]] es, der mir am kleinen [[Finger]] [[lieber]] ist, Petron. 57, 10. – me Caesaris [[oratio]] uncis unguibus attinet, M. Caes. in [[Fronto]] epist. Graec. 6. p. 253, 6 N. – b) der Tiere, die [[Klaue]], [[Kralle]], [[Tatze]], Branke ([[von]] den [[ein]]- und zweihufigen [[aber]] gew. [[ungula]]), Verg., Colum. u.a. – II) übtr.: A) [[von]] [[Pflanzen]], das Nagelförmige, der [[äußerste]] [[Teil]], zB. an Rosenblättern, Plin.: [[des]] Holzes an Weinstöcken [[über]] dem [[Auge]], Colum. – B) der [[Haken]], [[ferreus]], Colum. 12, 18, 2. – C) [[ein]] weißes [[Fell]] im [[Auge]], das Nagelfell, Gels. 7, 7. no. 4. – D) eine [[Art]] [[Muschel]], viell. die Messerscheide, [[Varro]] LL. 5, 77. – / Abl. gew. ungue, [[bei]] Dichtern [[auch]] unguī, zB. Catull. 62, 43. Hor. carm. 2, 8, 4 u.a. – Nbf. [[unx]], Gloss. II, 508, 54; III, 151, 43 u.ö.

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