μῶνυξ

in μ

COMPOUND: μῶνυξ, -υχος
CATEGORIZATION: A [Num+N]
MEANING: ‘with a single, uncloven, hoof’
ETYMOLOGY: (σ)μ- (*sm-, weak form of *sem-; cf. εἷς, μία) ‘one’ (cf. Chantraine) + ὄνυξ ‘hoof’
OCCURRENCE: Il. V, 236, 321, 581, 829, 841; VIII, 139, 157, 374, 432; IX, 127; X, 392, 498, 537, 564; XI, 289, 513, 708, 738; XVI, 375, 712; XVII, 699; XIX, 424; XX, 498; XXI, 132, 521; XXII, 162; XXIII, 7, 279, 398, 423, 435, 536, 550; Od. XV, 46.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. pl., acc. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: vowel lengthening -ο- > -ω- in compounding; epith. of horses