† onychitesn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin onychites.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin onychites (also lapis onychites ) onyx stone (6th cent., in translations of Greek authors) < Hellenistic Greek ὀνυχίτης (masculine, in ὀνυχίτης λίθος ) onyx stone (Dioscorides; compare ὀνυχῖτις , feminine, in ὀνυχῖτις λίθος , Appian) < ὄνυξ onyx n. + -ίτης -ite suffix¹. Compare classical Latin onychītis a variety of zinc oxide (Pliny).

Obsolete.

= onychite n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > variegated

onychites1569

rance1605

onychite1651

brocatello1728

brocatelle1756

pavonazzetto1793

cipolin1798

pavonazzo1816

saveloy marble1839

Algerian onyx1856

onyx marble1862

1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vii. 147 Of the aforesayd Iewels sent by Otto, one was a precious vessell of stone called Onychites.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Onychites, Alabaster, a sort of Marble.

1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 322 It is a species of the alabaster, called Marmor Onychites, on account of its tabulated zones, resembling those of the Onyx.

1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 679–80 Stalagmite is the Alabastrites (alabaster-stone) in part..of Theophrastus, Pliny, and other ancient writers... It was also formerly called onyx and onychites.

1877 Globe Encycl. IV. 490/2 It is the same substance, in part at least, called by Pliny and other classical authorities alabastrites, onyx, and onychites.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	onychites
释义	† onychitesn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin onychites. Etymology: < post-classical Latin onychites (also lapis onychites ) onyx stone (6th cent., in translations of Greek authors) < Hellenistic Greek ὀνυχίτης (masculine, in ὀνυχίτης λίθος ) onyx stone (Dioscorides; compare ὀνυχῖτις , feminine, in ὀνυχῖτις λίθος , Appian) < ὄνυξ onyx n. + -ίτης -ite suffix¹. Compare classical Latin onychītis a variety of zinc oxide (Pliny). Obsolete. = onychite n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > variegated onychites1569 rance1605 onychite1651 brocatello1728 brocatelle1756 pavonazzetto1793 cipolin1798 pavonazzo1816 saveloy marble1839 Algerian onyx1856 onyx marble1862 1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vii. 147 Of the aforesayd Iewels sent by Otto, one was a precious vessell of stone called Onychites. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Onychites, Alabaster, a sort of Marble. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 322 It is a species of the alabaster, called Marmor Onychites, on account of its tabulated zones, resembling those of the Onyx. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 679–80 Stalagmite is the Alabastrites (alabaster-stone) in part..of Theophrastus, Pliny, and other ancient writers... It was also formerly called onyx and onychites. 1877 Globe Encycl. IV. 490/2 It is the same substance, in part at least, called by Pliny and other classical authorities alabastrites, onyx, and onychites. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1569
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