1. μῶνυξ · mōnyx — Beekes
The corpus record
μῶνυξ
monux
with one hoof
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Where it lives
What it meant
2. μῶνυξ · mōnyx — Chantraine
3. μῶνυξ · mōnyx — Frisk
4. μῶνυξ · mōnyx — Frisk
5. μῶνυξ · mōnyx — Frisk
6. μῶνυξ · mōnyx — LSJ
with a single, i.e. uncloven, hoof, epith. of the horse, freq. in Il., 5.236, al.; once in Od., 15.46, cf. Sol. 23, E. Ph. 793 (lyr., dub.l.), Stud.Pont. 3.16 (ii/i B.C.); also μ. ὕες Arist. HA 499b13; τὰ μ. [τῶν ζῴων] Hp. Art. 8; τετραπόδων ὅσα μ. Porph. Abst. 4.7; [γένει] τῷ καλουμένῳ μώνυχι Pl. Plt. 265d. (From sm- (weak form of sem-, cf. εἷς) and ὄνυξ (ὄ- lengthd. in composition).)
In the wild
- μώνυχας · mōnychas Iliad 10.392
- μώνυχας · mōnychas Iliad 10.498
- μώνυχας · mōnychas Iliad 10.537
- μώνυχας · mōnychas Iliad 10.564
- μώνυχας · mōnychas Iliad 11.289
- μώνυχας · mōnychas Iliad 11.513
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μῶνυξ (scan p. 1043; entry #4257). Root candidates: *sem-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μῶνυξ (scan p. 748; entry #5526).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μῶνυξ (scan pp. 1256-1257; entry #4017). Root candidates: *sem-.
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