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iynx

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See also: jynx and Jynx

English

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Noun

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iynx (plural iynges)

  1. Obsolete spelling of jynx. [19th C.]

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From the Ancient Greek ἴυγξ (íunx, wryneck”, “Jynx torquilla).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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iynx f (genitive iyngis); third declension

  1. wryneck (bird)

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iynx iyngēs
genitive iyngis iyngum
dative iyngī iyngibus
accusative iyngem iyngēs
ablative iynge iyngibus
vocative iynx iyngēs

Descendants

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  • Translingual: Jynx
  • English: jynx, jyngine

References

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  • iynx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • iynx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • iynx”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • iynx”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray