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1 onyx
ŏnyx, ychis, m. and f., = onux (a fingernail; hence, from its color).I.Fem., a kind of yellowish marble, onyx, of which vessels of many kinds were made;B.it was also used for mlaying floors,
Plin. 36, 7, 12, § 59:totāque effusus in aulā Calcabatur onyx,
Luc. 10, 116;calcatusque tuo sub pede lucet onyx,
Mart. 12, 50, 4.—Masc., a vessel of onyx, an onyx-box:II.nardi parvus onyx,
Hor. C. 4, 12, 17;murrheus,
an ointment-box, Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 22; cf.:Syrio munere plenus onyx,
id. 2, 10 (3, 5), 14.— In this signif. also as fem.:unguentum fuerat, quod onyx modo parva gerebat,
Mart. 7, 94, 1.—A yellowish precious stone, an onyx, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 90—III.The female of a mussel of the scallop species, Plin. 32, 9, 32, § 103.
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