oryx

See also: Oryx

English
oryxes (Oryx leucoryx)

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Etymology

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

Noun

oryx (plural oryxes or oryx)

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

Synonyms
  • sabre antelope

Translations

Anagrams

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
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.ryks/, [ˈɔ.rʏks]

Noun
Oryges (Oryx leucoryx)

oryx m (genitive orygis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Case 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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