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See also:Lynx

English

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Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishlynx,linx,lenx,lynce, fromLatinlynx, fromAncient Greekλύγξ(lúnx), fromProto-Hellenic*lúnks, fromProto-Indo-European*lewk-(“white; light; bright”), because of the cat's glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark.

EclipsedEnglishlos,loz(“lynx”);Middle Englishlusk(“lynx”), fromOld Englishlox(“lynx”) as the animal died out in Britain during the Middle Ages.

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Noun

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lynx (plurallynxorlynxes)

  1. Any of severalmedium-sizedwild cats, mostly of the genusLynx.

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Translations

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wild cat

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Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchlinx, fromLatinlynx, fromAncient Greekλύγξ(lúnx).Doublet oflos(“lynx”).

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lynx m (plurallynxen,diminutivelynxje n)

  1. lynx, felid of the genusLynx, in particular theEurasian lynx (Lynx lynx); sometimes used of other medium-sized felids with large,plumedears
    Synonym:(dated)los

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatin, fromAncient Greekλύγξ(lúnx).Doublet ofonce.

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lynx m (plurallynx)

  1. alynx
    Synonym:loup-cervier

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Latin

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Etymology

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FromAncient Greekλύγξ(lúnx).

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Noun

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lynx m orf (genitivelyncis);third declension

  1. Alynx
    Collalyncum.
    The necks of thelynxes.
    • Carmina (alsoOdes) byHorace (Latin text with English translations)
      Quin et Prometheus et Pelopis parens
      dulci laborem decipitur sono
      nec curat Orion leones
      aut timidos agitarelyncas
      Prometheus too and Pelops' sire
      In listening lose the sense of woe;
      Orion hearkens to the lyre,
      And lets thelynx and lion go.

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Third-declension noun.

singularplural
nominativelynxlyncēs
genitivelyncislyncum
dativelyncīlyncibus
accusativelyncemlyncēs
ablativelyncelyncibus
vocativelynxlyncēs

Descendants

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Through Vulgar Latin*luncea:

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References

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  • “lynx”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lynx”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lynx inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinlynx, fromAncient Greekλύγξ(lúnx).

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Noun

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lynx (plurallenxis orlynces)

  1. lynx

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