iynx

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See also: jynx and Jynx

English

Noun

iynx (plural iynges)

  1. Obsolete spelling of jynx.

References

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἴυγξ (íunx, “wryneck”, “Jynx torquilla”).

Pronunciation

Noun

iynx f (genitive iyngis); third declension

  1. wryneck (bird)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iynx iyngēs
genitive iyngis iyngum
dative iyngī iyngibus
accusative iyngem iyngēs
ablative iynge iyngibus
vocative iynx iyngēs

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Jynx
  • → English: jynx, ⇒ jyngine

References

  • “iynx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • iynx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “iynx”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “iynx”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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