iynx

See also: jynx and Jynx

English

Noun

iynx (plural iynges)

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

References

• “iynx”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nixy

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i̯ynks/, [i̯ʏŋks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jinks/, [jiŋks]

Noun

iynx f (genitive iyngis); third declension

1. wryneck (bird)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iynx	iyngēs
Genitive	iyngis	iyngum
Dative	iyngī	iyngibus
Accusative	iyngem	iyngēs
Ablative	iynge	iyngibus
Vocative	iynx	iyngēs

Descendants

• → Translingual: Jynx
• → English: jynx, ⇒ jyngine

References

• “iynx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• iynx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray