talon
talon
subs.
P. and V. ὄνυξ, ὁ, V. χηλαί, αἱ.
With crooked talons, adj.: V. γαμψῶνυξ.
subs.
P. and V. ὄνυξ, ὁ, V. χηλαί, αἱ.
With crooked talons, adj.: V. γαμψῶνυξ.
TALON
unguis (Plin.); ungula (Plaut. but the latter usually of quadrupeds). To strike with the talons ungulas injicere (Plaut.); *unguibus vulnerare laedere.
unguis (Plin.); ungula (Plaut. but the latter usually of quadrupeds). To strike with the talons ungulas injicere (Plaut.); *unguibus vulnerare laedere.
talon:
I. A claw:
1. unguis, is, m. (a claw, t., or hoof, of animals: a nail of human beings): to fasten the t.s into the neck, figere cervicibus u., Ov. M. 4, 717 (said of an eagle): hooked t.s, u. unci, Plin. 11, 45, 101: to seize food with the firm grasp of the t.s, cibum unguium tenacitate arripere, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122. Com.: unloose these from your t.s, (haec) ab unguibus reglutina, Catul. 25, 9 (spoken to a thief).
2. ungŭla (only in Pl.): a cock with the t.s of a kite or an eagle, cocus milvinis aut aquilinis u., Pl. Ps. 3, 2, 63: to stick your t.s into it, huc injicere u., id. ib. 2, 2, 47: of the claws of a hen, id. Aul. 3, 4, 8.
3. falcŭla (dimin.): Plin. 8, 15, 17.
II. A t. t. in architecture: unda, Vitr. 5, 7 (5, 6, 6); (? cymatium, id. 4, 3, 6).
I. A claw:
1. unguis, is, m. (a claw, t., or hoof, of animals: a nail of human beings): to fasten the t.s into the neck, figere cervicibus u., Ov. M. 4, 717 (said of an eagle): hooked t.s, u. unci, Plin. 11, 45, 101: to seize food with the firm grasp of the t.s, cibum unguium tenacitate arripere, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 122. Com.: unloose these from your t.s, (haec) ab unguibus reglutina, Catul. 25, 9 (spoken to a thief).
2. ungŭla (only in Pl.): a cock with the t.s of a kite or an eagle, cocus milvinis aut aquilinis u., Pl. Ps. 3, 2, 63: to stick your t.s into it, huc injicere u., id. ib. 2, 2, 47: of the claws of a hen, id. Aul. 3, 4, 8.
3. falcŭla (dimin.): Plin. 8, 15, 17.
II. A t. t. in architecture: unda, Vitr. 5, 7 (5, 6, 6); (? cymatium, id. 4, 3, 6).