hystrix

See also: Hystrix

English

Noun

hystrix (uncountable)

1. (pathology) ichthyosis hystrix

Latin

Alternative forms

• istrix (Late Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (hústrix, “porcupine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhys.triks/, [ˈhʏs̠t̪rɪks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.triks/, [ˈist̪riks]

Noun

hystrix f (genitive hystricis); third declension

1. porcupine

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hystrix	hystricēs
genitive	hystricis	hystricum
dative	hystricī	hystricibus
accusative	hystricem	hystricēs
ablative	hystrice	hystricibus
vocative	hystrix	hystricēs

Adjective

hystrix (genitive hystricis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (New Latin) spiny (as a taxonomic epithet)

Usage notes

• Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	hystrix			hystricēs	hystricia
genitive	hystricis			hystricium
dative	hystricī			hystricibus
accusative	hystricem	hystrix		hystricēs	hystricia
ablative	hystricī			hystricibus
vocative	hystrix			hystricēs	hystricia

References

• “hystrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hystrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.