onycha

English

Borrowed from Latin onycha.

onycha (uncountable)

(obsolete) the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine
- 1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Exodvs 30:34, page 241:
  And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Take vnto thee ſpices, ſtactee, and onycha, galbanum of ſwete ſauour, and the cleareſt frankincenſe, al shal be of equal weight:
(obsolete) The precious stone onyx.

the operculum of certain gastropods used formerly as a drug

Arabic: ظُفْر الطِيب m (ẓufr aṭ-ṭīb)
Armenian:
Middle Armenian: ազֆար ըլ տիպ (azfar əl tip), դիվու ըղունկ (divu əġunk)
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Finnish: suitsutuskynsi (biblical), kotilonkuori (biblical)
German: Riechschale f, Räucherklaue f
Greek:
Ancient: ὄνυξ m (ónux)
Hebrew: שְׁחֵלֶת (he) f (šəḥēleṯ), צִפֹּרֶן (he) f (ṣip̄ōren)
Latin: unguis odoratus m, blatta byzantina f, blatta byzantia f, opercula cochlearum n pl, onycha f
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From Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux) standing in the Book of Exodus 30, 34, in the accusative, translating in the Septuaginta Biblical Hebrew שְׁחֵלֶת (šəḥēleṯ).

onycha f (genitive onychae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

onycha, the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked ritually and medicinally
Synonyms: unguis odōrātus, blatta byzantīna, blatta byzantia, opercula cochleārum

First-declension noun.

onycha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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