carnyx

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English

WOTD – 29 July 2022

Etymology

The serpent-like bell of a carnyx unearthed at Tintignac, Corrèze, France.
A man dressed as a Vacomagi tribe member playing a replica carnyx.
A recording of a reconstruction of a carnyx found at Deskford in Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, being played.

Learned borrowing from Late Latin carnyx, from Byzantine Greek κάρνυξ (kárnux, “carnyx”), from κάρνον (kárnon, “carnyx”) (both translating Galatian words into Greek), from Gaulish carno- (“horn of an animal”) (used in names), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn of an animal”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

carnyx (plural carnyces or carnyxes)

  1. (music, historical) A bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts (c. 200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.) as a type of battle trumpet; held vertically when played, it was shaped like an elongated S with a mouthpiece at the lower end and a bell (often resembling an animal with an open mouth) at the upper end.

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References

  1. ^ “carnyx, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022.

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French carnyx.

Noun

carnyx n (plural carnyxe)

  1. carnyx

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative carnyx carnyxul carnyxe carnyxele
genitive-dative carnyx carnyxului carnyxe carnyxelor
vocative carnyxule carnyxelor
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