noun · masculinethird declension
lynx
lynx m or f (genitive lyncis)
Classical[ˈlyŋks]Ecclesiastical[ˈliŋks]
Meaning
- femininemasculineA lynx
Colla lyncum.
The necks of the lynxes.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;
And lets the lynx and lion go.Carmina (also Odes) by Horace (Latin text with English translations)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lynx | lyncēs |
| genitive | lyncis | lyncum |
| dative | lyncī | lyncibus |
| accusative | lyncem | lyncēs |
| ablative | lynce | lyncibus |
| vocative | lynx | lyncēs |
lynx, lyncis, com., = λύγξ,
I. a lynx:
lynces Bacchi variae (Bacchus was drawn by a team of lynxes), Verg. G. 3, 264: maculosae tegmine lyncis, id. A. 1, 323: lyncibus ad caelum vecta Ariadna tuis, Prop. 3, 15, 8 (4, 16, 18): colla lyncum, Ov. M. 4, 25: timidos agitare lyncas, Hor. C. 2, 13, 40: dejectus lyncis, a lynx-skin, Stat. Th. 4, 272.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lynx lyncis, m and f
, λύγξ, a lynx: lynces Bacchi variae (Bacchus was drawn by a team of lynxes), V.: Colla lyncum, O.: timidos lyncas, H.
Origins
From Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).
Elsewhere
- Catalanlinx
- Frenchlynx
- Romanianlinxfrom French lynx
- Italianlince
- Englishlynxfrom Middle English lynx
- Occitanlinx
- Portugueselince
- Portugueselynce
- Sardinianlinci
- Sardinianlintze
Unclassified Romance borrowings
- Catalanleonça
- Catalanonça
- Portugueseonça
- Spanishonza
Italo-Romance
- Italianlonza
- Italianleonza
- Italianonza
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchoncefrom Old French lonce
- Englishouncefrom Old French lonce