__3 ὅταν ἐν ὄνυχι ὁ πηλὸς γένηται, i. e. when the model reaches the nail stage, because the sculptor puts the finishing touches to the model with his nail, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Polyclitus Philosophus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.636c, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.86a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἡ δι᾽ ὄνυχος δίαιτα a most careful, close life, [[[prev. work] 128e ] Refs]; τὸν Λυσιακὸν χαρακτῆρα ἐκμέμακται εἰς ὄνυχα ad unguem expressit, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 13 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; σύμπηξις εἰς ὄνυχα a nice fit, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.737; τὰς γωνίας ἐπ᾽ ὄνυχος συμβεβλημένας ἔχειν 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 66.37; πρὸς ὄνυχα τὴν προσκαρτέρησιν ποιεῖσθαι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.11S.; compare ὀνυχίζω 111, ἐξονυχίζω. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 ὀδοῦσι καὶ ὄνυξι καὶ πάσῃ μηχανῇ, i.e. in every possible way, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 11.4. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__5 ἐξ ὀνύχων λέοντα (i.e. τεκμαίρεσθαι) to judge by the claws, i. e. by a slight but characteristic mark, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 113, 15th c.AD: Apostolius Paroemiographus 7.57. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__II anything like a claw,
__II.1 fluke of an anchor, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.247e. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.2 an instrument fixed by a surgeon to his finger, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἐπικυήσιος” 7, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.107. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 ὄ. σιδηροῦς tool used for scraping the 'figs' of the συκάμινος, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.2.1 (_plural_) ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also for making incisions to extract gum of balsam,[[[prev. work] 9.6.2 (_plural_). ] Refs]
__II.4 κλιμακίδοιν τοὺς ὄ., τῶν πλαισίων τοὺς ὄ., uncertain meaning in [[ “IG” 12.373.208,212, compare 372 E 10. ] Refs]
__III anything like the nail:
__III.1 the white part at the end of rose-petals by which they are attached to the stalk, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.99. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III.2 hypopyon, an accumulation of pus in the eye resembling a nail-paring, [[ 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 7.30 at Title Page (_plural_), 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 3.22.23. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__III.3 part of the liver, [[ 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 180, Scholia 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 560. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III.7 operculum of the κογχύλιον, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.8, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.320, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 5.77.1, 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 7.3 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the πορφύρα, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 2.92. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III.8 a shell-fish, supposed female of σωλήν, probably Lithodomus, [[ 1st c.AD: Xenocrates Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 2.58.106 (_plural_). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
