unguiculus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

unguĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [unguis],

a finger-nail : integritas unguiculorum omnium, Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 80; Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 17; Sen. Q. N. 6, 2, 5.—Prov.: a teneris unguiculis, a transl. of the Gr. ἐξ ἁπαλῶν ὀνύχων, from early infancy , from childhood , Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2 (for which: de tenero ungui, Hor. C. 3, 6, 24): ex unguiculis (= ἐξ ὀνύχων), from the very finger-tips , i. e. through and through , Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 20; Ap. Met. 10, 22, 8.

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