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[236] μώνυχας, with single (solid) hoofs; not from “μόνος” (“ηομ. μοῦνος”) but, as is now generally agreed, for *“σμ-ώνυξ” where “σμ” = “σεμ-” of “εἷς” (“σεμ-ς”), simplex, etc. (Brugm. Gr. i. 171). Compare Virgil's solo ungula cornu.

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