Translingual

Lynx lynx

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek λύγξ ‎(lúnx)

Proper noun

Lynx m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the lynxes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Feliformia - suborder; Felidae - family; Felinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lynx canadensis (Canada lynx); Lynx lynx (Eurasian lynx); Lynx pardinus (Spanish lynx); Lynx rufus (bobcat) - species; †Lynx issiodorensis – extinct species

English

Proper noun

Lynx

1. (astronomy) A faint spring constellation of the northern sky. It lies north of the constellation Cancer.

Derived terms

• Lyncis

Translations

See also

• Lynx (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From lynx.

Proper noun

Lynx m

1. (astronomy) Lynx

English

Lynx pardinus

Noun

lynx ‎(plural lynxes)

1. Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.

Derived terms

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch linx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ ‎(lúnx).

Noun

lynx m ‎(plural lynxen, diminutive lynxje n)

1. lynx

Synonyms

• los (archaic)

French

Pronunciation

Noun

lynx m ‎(plural lynx)

1. a lynx

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύγξ ‎(lúnx).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lʏnks/

Noun

lynx c ‎(genitive lyncis); third declension

1. A lynx

   Colla lyncum.

   The necks of the lynxes.

   • Carmina (also Odes) by Horace (Latin text with English translations)

     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;

     Orion hearkens to the lyre,

     And lets the lynx and lion go.

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

References

• lynx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lynx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lynx”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.