εἰς ὄνυχα
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally “to a nail”: an expression borrowed from sculptors, who, in modelling, give the finishing touch with the fingernail, or from joiners, who test the accuracy of joints in wood by the fingernail.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eːs ó.ny.kʰa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /is ˈo.ny.kʰa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /is ˈo.ny.xa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /is ˈo.ny.xa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /is ˈo.ni.xa/
Adverb[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Latin: ad unguem (calque)
References[edit]
- “ὄνυξ · A.3”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press