lynx

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English

Lynx pardinus
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Etymology

From Middle English lynx, linx, lenx, lynce, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (white; light; bright), because of the cat's glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark. Eclipsed English los, loz (lynx); Middle English lusk (lynx), from Old English lox (lynx) as the animal died out in Britain during the Middle Ages.

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Noun

lynx (plural lynxes or lynx)

  1. Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch linx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).

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Noun

lynx m (plural lynxen, diminutive lynxje n)

  1. lynx, felid of the genus Lynx, in particular the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx); sometimes used of other medium-sized felids with large, plumed ears.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx). Doublet of once.

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Noun

lynx m (plural lynx)

  1. a lynx
    Synonym: loup-cervier

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).

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Noun

lynx m or f (genitive lyncis); third declension

  1. A lynx
    Colla lyncum.
    The necks of the lynxes.
    • Carmina (also Odes) by Horace (Latin text with English translations)
      Quin et Prometheus et Pelopis parens
      dulci laborem decipitur sono
      nec curat Orion leones
      aut timidos agitare lyncas
      Prometheus too and Pelops' sire
      In listening lose the sense of woe;
      Orion hearkens to the lyre,
      And lets the lynx and lion go.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lynx lyncēs
Genitive lyncis lyncum
Dative lyncī lyncibus
Accusative lyncem lyncēs
Ablative lynce lyncibus
Vocative lynx lyncēs

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References

  • lynx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lynx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lynx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Middle English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).

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Noun

lynx (plural lenxis or lynces)

  1. lynx

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