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ungŭlus

ring (on the finger)

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What it meant

1. ungulus — de Vaan

ungulus 'ring (on the finger)' [m. o] (Pac. Plin. Paul. exF.) Derivatives: ungustus 'crooked stick5 (Paul. exF.). Pit *ongelo-: PIE *h2ong-eb> 'angle'. IE cognates: see s.v. angulus. These words are close in meaning to angulus 'corner' and uncus *hook\ WH regards ungulus as a diminutive to uncus, which would have acquired -ng- under the influence of ungula 'naif. This cannot be proven or falsified, but there is some … — [de Vaan, s.v. ungulus, p. 655]

2. ungŭlus — Lewis & Short

ungŭlus, i, m.Oscan; Sanscr. ankami, bend; Gr. a)gku/los, crooked; Lat. ancus, aduncus; cf. angulus,

I a finger-ring, a ring (ante-class.): ungulus Oscorum linguā anulus, Fest. p. 375 Müll.; cf.: (anulum) apud nos prisci ungulum vocabant, Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10; Poët. ap. Fest. l. l.; so Pac. ib. (Trag. Fragm. v. 64, 215 Rib.).

3. ungulus — Walde–Hofmann

ungulus, -; m, „Fingerring“ (Pacuv., von Fest. p. 370 als oskisch ['Oscórum lingua anulus) bezeichnet [echt rómisch ist. angulus, s. oben 148 und Ernout El. dial. lat. 243]); Deminutiv zu uncus (Curtius 130f., Vanitek 2); in der Bed. „Nagel an der Zehe“ (Pit. Epid. 623) durch ungula, Deminutiv von unguis, beeinflußt. Für ungulus, ungustus (s. d.) setzt Persson Beitr. 421 A. wohl mit Recht ein mit *onq- (s. uncus) … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. ungulus, p. 1727]

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