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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)

Note 677 — BOOK XXXIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.647

John Bostock translation

Festus says that this was the Oscan name for a ring. It would appear to be allied to the word “unguis,” which means a nail of the finger or toe, and would perhaps signify a “nail ornament.”

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