See also: Oryx

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oryxes (Oryx leucoryx)

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.ɪks/, /ˈoʊɹ.ɪks/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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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

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Latin

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Etymology

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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.

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Oryges (Oryx leucoryx)

oryx m (genitive orygis); third declension

  1. antelope, gazelle
  2. wild goat
  3. wild bull or ox

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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

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  • 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[1]
  • oryx”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly