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Webster 1913 Edition


Lynx

Lynx

(lĭṉks)
,
Noun.
[L.
lynx
,
lyncis
, Gr.
λύγξ
; akin to AS.
lox
, G.
luchs
, prob. named from its sharp sight, and akin to E.
light
. See
Light
,
Noun.
, and cf.
Ounce
an animal.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus
Felis
, and subgenus
Lynx
. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.
2.
(Astron.)
One of the northern constellations.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lynx

LYNX

,
Noun.
[L. lynx.] A quadruped of the genus Felis, resembling the common cat, but his ears are longer and his tail shorter. His hair is streaked with yellow, white and black colors. His air is sprightly; he howls like the wolf, and walks and leaps like a cat. This animal is celebrated for the sharpness of his sight.

Definition 2024


Lynx

Lynx

See also: lynx

Translingual

Lynx lynx

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx)

Proper noun

Lynx m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Felidae – the lynxes.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms


English

Proper noun

Lynx

  1. (astronomy) A faint spring constellation of the northern sky. It lies north of the constellation Cancer.

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Dutch

Etymology

From lynx.

Proper noun

Lynx m

  1. (astronomy) Lynx

lynx

lynx

See also: Lynx

English

Lynx pardinus

Noun

lynx (plural lynxes)

  1. Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.

Derived terms

Translations


Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch linx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).

Noun

lynx m (plural lynxen, diminutive lynxje n)

  1. lynx

Synonyms

  • los (archaic)

French

Pronunciation

Noun

lynx m (plural lynx)

  1. a lynx

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).

Pronunciation

Noun

lynx c (genitive lyncis); third declension

  1. 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.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lynx lyncēs
genitive lyncis lyncum
dative lyncī lyncibus
accusative lyncem lyncēs
ablative lynce lyncibus
vocative lynx lyncēs

Descendants

  • Sicilian: linci
  • Spanish: lince
  • Swahili: linksi
  • Venetian: lenze
  • Welsh: lyncs
  • West Frisian: lynks

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