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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English lynx, linx, lenx, lynce, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), 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[edit]
lynx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Lynx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch linx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).
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.
Synonyms[edit]
- los (dated)
Derived terms[edit]
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) 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.
| Case | 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]
- → Asturian: lince
- → Breton: lińs
- → Catalan: linx
- → Middle Dutch: linx
- Dutch: lynx
- → Middle English: lynx, linx, lenx
- → Esperanto: linko
- French: once
- → Portuguese: onça
- → French: lynx
- → Romanian: linx
- → Friulian: linç
- → Galician: lince
- → Ido: linco
- → Interlingua: lynce
- → Irish: lincse
- Italian: lonza; → lince
- → Occitan: linx
- → Portuguese: lince, lynce
- → Quechua: linsi
- → Sardinian: linci, lintze
- → Scottish Gaelic: lioncs
- → Sicilian: linci
- → Spanish: lince
- → Swahili: linksi
- → Venetian: 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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