English

Noun

iynx ‎(plural iynges)

1. Obsolete spelling of jynx [19^th C.]

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἴυγξ ‎(íunx, “wryneck”, “Iynx torquilla”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /jynks/, [jyŋks]

Noun

iynx f ‎(genitive iyngis); third declension

1. wryneck (bird)

Declension

Third declension.

Descendants

• Binomial nomenclature: Yunx
• English: jyngine, jynx

References

• iynx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “iynx”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• iynx in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• iynx in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray