στόνυξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῠχος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sharp point]] (prop. spear-[[point]] acc. to Sch.<span class="bibl">A.R.4.1679</span>), as of a rock, πρὸς ὀξὺν στόνυχα πετραίου λίθου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>401</span> (restd. for <b class="b3">γ' ὄνυχα</b>); πετραίῳ στόνυχι <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1679</span>; νησιωτικὸς σ., Πάχυνος Lyc.1181; <b class="b3">Οἰταῖος σ</b>., of the boar's [[tusk]], Id.486; <b class="b3">λοίγιος σ</b>., of the [[barb]] of the fish <b class="b3">τρυγών</b>, Id.795; <b class="b3">στονύχεσσι λεόντων</b> [[fangs]], <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span> 3.232</span>; <b class="b3">συλόνυχας στόνυχας</b> nail-removing [[prongs]], i.e. nail-scissors, <span class="title">AP</span>6.307 (Phan.).</span>

|etymtx=-υχος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">peak of a rock, of a fang, of a claw etc.</b> (E. Cykl. 401 [codd. <b class="b3">γ'ὄν</b>.], A. R., Opp., AP), <b class="b3">στόνυχας τὰ εἰς ὀξὺ λήγοντα καὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν ὀνύχων</b>, <b class="b3">στόνυξι κέρασι</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (S)<br />Etymology: Cross of <b class="b3">ὄνυξ</b> and a word belonging to the group <b class="b3">στάχυς</b>, <b class="b3">στόχος</b> (Güntert Reimwortbild. 139). Diff. Specht KZ 65, 201: from <b class="b3">*στογχυ-</b> (full grade of <b class="b3">στάχυς</b>) tranformed. Old lit. in Bq and WP. 2, 623. -- No doubt a Pre-Greek word. (Not in Furnée.)