oryx

See also: Oryx

English

oryxes (Oryx leucoryx)

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. 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)
• Finnish: keihäsantilooppi
• German: Säbelantilope f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὄρυξ m (órux)

• Hebrew: רְאֵם‎ (he) m (reém)
• Hungarian: orix
• Irish: oracs m

• Italian: orice (it) m
• 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

References

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

Anagrams

• Roxy

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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

1. antelope, gazelle
2. wild goat
3. 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[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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^[1]
• “oryx”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly