ungula
Americannoun
noun
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maths a truncated cone, cylinder, etc
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a rare word for hoof
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Origin of ungula
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ungula a claw, hoof, talon, diminutive of unguis unguis
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Professor J. N. Grant points out to me the possible borrowing from Ennius Ann 439 Vahlen3 'it eques et plausu caua concutit ungula terram'.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear
The Governor's life-guard, in splendid uniform, prancing to and fro, 'Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum.'
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
Center of gravity of an ungula and semi-cylinder.
From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.
Some have supposed it a poetical imitation of the sound of the trampling of horses, and compare this passage with the celebrated line of Virgil--"Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum."
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Cox, Francis Augustus
Onomatopœia is the suiting of sound to sense; as,— quadrupedante putrem sonitū quatit ungula campum, 'And shake with horny hoofs the solid ground.'
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
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