μῶνυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μόνος (mónos, single) +‎ ὄνυξ (ónux, nail, hoof) via haplology.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

μῶνυξ • (mônuxm or f (neuter μῶνυξ); third declension (poetic)

  1. (of horses) having an uncloven hoof

Declension

Further reading

  • μῶνυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • (no entry for the specified headword) Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963