"onycha" meaning in Latin

See onycha in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈɔ.ny.kʰa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɔː.ni.ka] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form}} onycha
  1. accusative singular of onyx Tags: accusative, form-of, singular Form of: onyx
    Sense id: en-onycha-la-noun-LL2nfJYz Categories (other): Medieval Latin Disambiguation of Medieval Latin: 29 26 26 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ˈɔ.ny.kʰa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɔː.ni.ka] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄνῠξ (ónŭx) standing in the Book of Exodus 30, 34, in the accusative, translating in the Septuaginta Biblical Hebrew שְׁחֵלֶת (šəḥēleṯ). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|ὄνῠξ}} Ancient Greek ὄνῠξ (ónŭx), {{sl|la|hbo|שְׁחֵלֶת|notext=1|tr=šəḥēleṯ}} Biblical Hebrew שְׁחֵלֶת (šəḥēleṯ) Head templates: {{la-noun|onycha<1>}} onycha f (genitive onychae); first declension, {{tlb|la|Medieval Latin}} (Medieval Latin) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|onycha<1>}} Forms: onychae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], onycha [nominative, singular], onychae [nominative, plural], onychae [genitive, singular], onychārum [genitive, plural], onychae [dative, singular], onychīs [dative, plural], onycham [accusative, singular], onychās [accusative, plural], onychā [ablative, singular], onychīs [ablative, plural], onycha [singular, vocative], onychae [plural, vocative]
  1. onycha, the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked ritually and medicinally Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine Synonyms: unguis odōrātus, blatta byzantīna, blatta byzantia, opercula cochleārum
    Sense id: en-onycha-la-noun--CUCUWR7 Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Medieval Latin: 29 26 26 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 3 3 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 2 2 46 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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