From New Latin oxyrhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (oxúrrhunkhos, “a kind of Egyptian fish”) (whence also the place name Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxúrrhunkhos), from ὀξῠ́ς (oxús, “sharp”) + ῥῠ́γχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).
oxyrhynchus (plural oxyrhynchi)
From Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (oxúrrhunkhos, “the name of an Egyptian fish”) (whence also the place name Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxúrrhunkhos)), from ὀξῠ́ς (oxús, “sharp”) + ῥῠ́γχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).
oxyrhynchus (feminine oxyrhyncha, neuter oxyrhynchum); first/second-declension adjective
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | oxyrhynchus | oxyrhyncha | oxyrhynchum | oxyrhynchī | oxyrhynchae | oxyrhyncha | |
Genitive | oxyrhynchī | oxyrhynchae | oxyrhynchī | oxyrhynchōrum | oxyrhynchārum | oxyrhynchōrum | |
Dative | oxyrhynchō | oxyrhynchō | oxyrhynchīs | ||||
Accusative | oxyrhynchum | oxyrhyncham | oxyrhynchum | oxyrhynchōs | oxyrhynchās | oxyrhyncha | |
Ablative | oxyrhynchō | oxyrhynchā | oxyrhynchō | oxyrhynchīs | |||
Vocative | oxyrhynche | oxyrhyncha | oxyrhynchum | oxyrhynchī | oxyrhynchae | oxyrhyncha |