oryx

See also: Oryx

English

oryxes (Oryx leucoryx)

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (órux, “a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔɹ.ɪks/, /ˈoʊɹ.ɪks/
Audio (southern England) (file)

Noun

oryx (plural oryxes or oryx or (rare) oryges)

Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns

Synonyms

sabre antelope

Related terms

orygine

Translations

antelope

Catalan: òrix m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 劍羚 (jiànlíng)
Dutch: oryx (nl) m
Egyptian:

(mꜣ)
Esperanto: orikso
Finnish: keihäsantilooppi
German: Säbelantilope f
Greek:
Ancient: ὄρυξ m (órux)
Hebrew: רְאֵם‎ (he) m (reém)
Hungarian: orix
Irish: oracs m
Italian: orice (it) m
Juǀ'hoan: gǃòʼé
Latin: oryx m
Lithuanian: oriksas m
Malay: oriks
Middle Persian: hlbwc‎ (xar-buz), xrbwz (Manichaean)
Navajo: jádí bideeneezígíí
Persian: تیزشاخ‎ (tizshãkh)
Polish: oryks (pl) m
Portuguese: órix m
Romanian: oryx (ro) m
Russian: сернобы́к (ru) m (sernobýk)
Spanish: órice
Swahili: choroa
Warji: ndalai

References

oryx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
oryx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
oryx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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/, [ˈɔrʏks̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.riks/, [ˈɔːriks]

Noun

Oryges (Oryx leucoryx)

oryx m (genitive orygis); third declension

antelope, gazelle
wild goat
wild bull or ox

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	oryx	orygēs
Genitive	orygis	orygum
Dative	orygī	orygibus
Accusative	orygem	orygēs
Ablative	oryge	orygibus
Vocative	oryx	orygēs

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
oryx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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