Translingual

Oryx beisa

Proper noun

Oryx f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bovidae – the oryxes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; magnorder - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Cetartiodactyla - clade; Artiodactyla - order; Bovidae - family; Hippotraginae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Oryx beisa, Oryx dammah, Oryx gazella, Oryx leucoryx (species)

English

oryxes (Oryx leucoryx)

Wikispecies

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

• Roxy

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.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oryx”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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