oryx

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See also: Oryx

English

oryxes (Oryx leucoryx)

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (órux, “a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.ɪks/, /ˈoʊɹ.ɪks/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

oryx (plural oryxes or oryx or (rare) oryges)

  1. Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (órux), the antelope probably being named after the sharp iron digging tools with the same name, because of the shape of its horns.

Pronunciation

Noun

Oryges (Oryx leucoryx)

oryx m (genitive orygis); third declension

  1. antelope, gazelle
  2. wild goat
  3. wild bull or ox

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative oryx orygēs
genitive orygis orygum
dative orygī orygibus
accusative orygem orygēs
ablative oryge orygibus
vocative oryx orygēs

References

  • “oryx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “oryx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • oryx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “oryx”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • “oryx”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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