lynx
See also: Lynx
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English lynx, linx, lenx, lynce, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), from Proto-Hellenic *lúnks, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”), because of the cat's glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark.
Eclipsed English los, loz (“lynx”); Middle English lusk (“lynx”), from Old English lox (“lynx”) as the animal died out in Britain during the Middle Ages.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lynx (plural lynxes or lynx)
- Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]wild cat
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Further reading
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lynx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Lynx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch linx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx). Doublet of los (“lynx”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lynx m (plural lynxen, diminutive lynxje n)
- lynx, felid of the genus Lynx, in particular the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx); sometimes used of other medium-sized felids with large, plumed ears
- Synonym: (dated) los
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lynx”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
[edit]- lynx on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx). Doublet of once.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lynx m (plural lynx)
- a lynx
- Synonym: loup-cervier
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lynx”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /lynks/, [lʲʏŋks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /links/, [liŋks]
Noun
[edit]lynx m or f (genitive lyncis); third declension
- 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.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lynx | lyncēs |
| genitive | lyncis | lyncum |
| dative | lyncī | lyncibus |
| accusative | lyncem | lyncēs |
| ablative | lynce | lyncibus |
| vocative | lynx | lyncēs |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Vulgar Latin: *luncea
- → Asturian: lince
- → Breton: lińs
- → Catalan: linx
- → Middle Dutch: linx
- Dutch: lynx
- → Middle English: lynx, linx, lenx
- → Esperanto: linko
- → French: lynx
- → Romanian: linx
- → Friulian: linç
- → Galician: lince
- → Ido: linco
- → Interlingua: lynce
- → Irish: lincse
- → Italian: lince
- → Occitan: linx
- → Portuguese: lince, lynce (obsolete)
- → Quechua: linsi
- → Sardinian: linci, lintze
- → Scottish Gaelic: lioncs
- → Sicilian: linci
- → Spanish: lince
- → Swahili: linksi
- → Venetan: lenze
- → Welsh: lyncs
- → West Frisian: lynks
References
[edit]- “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
- lynx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lynx (plural lenxis or lynces)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “linx, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-24.
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