Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Hystrix
Hys′trix
(hĭs′trĭks)
, p
rop.
Noun.
[Gr.
ὕστριξ
porcupine.] (Zool.)
A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.
Definition 2025
Hystrix
Hystrix
See also: hystrix
Translingual
Proper noun
Hystrix f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hystricidae – certain Old World porcupines.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Phiomorpha - infraorder; Hystricidae - family
Hyponyms
hystrix
hystrix
See also: Hystrix
Latin
Noun
hystrīx f (genitive hystrīcis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hystrīx | hystrīcēs |
| genitive | hystrīcis | hystrīcum |
| dative | hystrīcī | hystrīcibus |
| accusative | hystrīcem | hystrīcēs |
| ablative | hystrīce | hystrīcibus |
| vocative | hystrīx | hystrīcēs |
Adjective
hystrix m, f, n (genitive hystrīcis); third declension
- spiny (as a taxonomic epithet)
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | hystrīx | hystrīcēs | hystrīcia | ||
| genitive | hystrīcis | hystrīcium | |||
| dative | hystrīcī | hystrīcibus | |||
| accusative | hystrīcem | hystrīx | hystrīcēs | hystrīcia | |
| ablative | hystrīcī | hystrīcibus | |||
| vocative | hystrīx | hystrīcēs | hystrīcia | ||
References
- hystrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hystrix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.