ŏnyx
ŏnyx, ўchis, m. and f., = ὄνυξ (a fingernail; hence, from its color). 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.— 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.— A yellowish precious stone, an onyx, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 90— The female of a mussel of the scallop species, Plin. 32, 9, 32, § 103.
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ŏnyx
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ŏnyx, ўchis, m. and f., = ὄνυξ (a fingernail; hence, from its color). 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.— 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.— A yellowish precious stone, an onyx, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 90— The female of a mussel of the scallop species, Plin. 32, 9, 32, § 103.
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