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Webster 1913 Edition
Ungula
‖
Un′gu-la
,Noun.
pl.
Ungulae
(#)
. [L., a claw, hoof, from
unguis
a nail, claw, hoof.] 1.
A hoof, claw, or talon.
2.
(Geom.)
A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; – so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.
3.
(Bot.)
Same as
Unguis
, 3. Spherical ungula
(Geom.)
, a part of a sphere bounded by two planes intersecting in a diameter and by a line of the surface of the sphere.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ungula
UN'GULA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
ungula
ungula
English
Noun
ungula (plural ungulae)
- A hoof, claw, or talon.
- (geometry) A section of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse.
- (botany) Alternative form of unguis
Latin
Etymology
From unguis (“fingernail, talon”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈun.ɡu.la/
Noun
ungula f (genitive ungulae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ungula | ungulae |
| genitive | ungulae | ungulārum |
| dative | ungulae | ungulīs |
| accusative | ungulam | ungulās |
| ablative | ungulā | ungulīs |
| vocative | ungula | ungulae |
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References
- ungula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ungula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ungula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.