ungula

[ uhng-gyuh-luh ]

noun

, plural un·gu·lae [uhng, -gy, uh, -lee].

1. Botany. an unguis.

ungula

/ ˈʌŋɡjʊlə /

noun

1. maths a truncated cone, cylinder, etc
2. a rare word for hoof

Derived Forms

• ˈungular, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ungula¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ungula a claw, hoof, talon, diminutive of unguis unguis

Word History and Origins

Origin of ungula¹

C18: from Latin: hoof, from unguis nail

Example Sentences

Ille tamen neque terribili stat spumeus ira; Ungula nec celso fervida calce tonat.

From Project Gutenberg

The horses are better; there is the dash of high venture in them; they have snuffed battle; their limbs are suppled to a bounding gallop,—as where in the Æneid, "Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum."

From Project Gutenberg

The first is a prelude in triplets intended to picture the gallop of the steed, a common enough device since the days when Virgil did it much better without the aid of musical notation, in his well-known line,— “Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum.”

From Project Gutenberg

Stare adeo miserum est, pereunt vestigia mille Ante fugam, absentemque ferit gravis ungula campum.

From Project Gutenberg

There, too, were the virgæ, or rods with thorns in them; the flagra, lori, and plumbati, whips and thongs, cutting with iron or bruising with lead; the heavy clubs; the hook for digging into the flesh; the ungula, said to have been a pair of scissors; the scorpio, and pecten, iron combs or rakes for tearing.

From Project Gutenberg

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