oryx

== English == === Etymology === From Latin, from Ancient Greek ὄρυξ (órux, “a pickax; an oryx (the antelope)”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔɹ.ɪks/, /ˈoʊɹ.ɪks/ === Noun === oryx (plural oryxes or oryx or (rare) oryges) Any of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns ==== Synonyms ==== sabre antelope ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== orygine ==== Translations ==== === References === oryx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia oryx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:oryx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === xyro-, Roxy == 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 Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔ.ryks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.riks] === Noun === oryx m (genitive orygis); third declension antelope, gazelle wild goat wild bull or ox ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “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