# lynx
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English lynx, linx, lenx, lynce, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), from Proto-Hellenic *lúnks, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”), because of the cat's glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark.
Eclipsed English los, loz (“lynx”); Middle English lusk (“lynx”), from Old English lox (“lynx”) as the animal died out in Britain during the Middle Ages.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: lĭngks, IPA: /lɪŋks/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: links
* Rhymes: -ɪŋks

### Noun

lynx (plural lynx or lynxes)
* Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.

#### Hyponyms

* bobcat
* Canada lynx
* Eurasian lynx
* Iberian lynx

#### Derived terms

* African lynx
* bay lynx
* Canada lynx
* Canadian lynx
* common lynx
* desert lynx
* Eurasian lynx
* European lynx
* green lynx spider
* Iberian lynx
* Issoire lynx
* jungle lynx
* lynx-eyed
* lynx spider
* marsh lynx
* Persian lynx
* red lynx
* Spanish lynx

#### Translations
### Further reading

* lynx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Lynx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch linx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx). Doublet of los (“lynx”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɪŋks/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: lynx
* Rhymes: -ɪŋks
* Homophone: links

### Noun

lynx m (plural lynxen, diminutive lynxje n)
* lynx, felid of the genus Lynx, in particular the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx); sometimes used of other medium-sized felids with large, plumed ears
    Synonym: (dated) los

#### Derived terms

* Canadese lynx
* Europese lynx
* Iberische lynx
* pardellynx
* rode lynx
* Spaanse lynx
* woestijnlynx

### References

* van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lynx”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

### Further reading

* lynx on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx). Doublet of once.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɛ̃ks/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

lynx m (plural lynx)
* a lynx
    Synonym: loup-cervier

#### Derived terms

* lynx boréal
* lynx commun
* lynx du Canada
* lynx d’Espagne
* lynx d’Eurasie
* lynx d’Europe
* lynx ibérique
* lynx pard
* lynx pardelle
* lynx roux
* œil de lynx

### Further reading

* “lynx”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈlynks/, [ˈlʲʏŋks̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈlinks/, [ˈliŋks]

### Noun

lynx m or f (genitive lyncis); third declension
* 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.

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Descendants

Through Vulgar Latin *luncea:
* >? Catalan: leonça, onça (or from French/Italian)
* Italian: lonza, leonza, onza
* >? Old French: lonce, leonce (or from Italian)
** French: once
** → English: ounce
* >? Portuguese: onça (or from French/Italian)
* >? Spanish: onza (or from French/Italian)
Borrowings:
* → Asturian: lince
* → Breton: lińs
* → Catalan: linx
* → Esperanto: linko
* → French: lynx
** → Romanian: linx
* → Friulian: linç
* → Galician: lince
* → Ido: linco
* → Interlingua: lynce
* → Irish: lincse
* → Italian: lince
* → Middle Dutch: linx
** Dutch: lynx
* → Middle English: lynx, linx, lenx
** English: lynx
** Scots: lynx (obsolete)
* → Occitan: linx
* → Portuguese: lince, lynce (pre-standardization spelling)
* → Quechua: linsi
* → Sardinian: linci, lintze
* → Scottish Gaelic: lioncs
* → Sicilian: linci
* → Spanish: lince
* → Swahili: linksi
* → Venetan: lenze
* → Welsh: lyncs
* → West Frisian: lynks

### References

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

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* linx, lenx

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /links/, [liŋks]

### Noun

lynx (plural lenxis or lynces)
* lynx

#### Descendants

* English: lynx
* Scots: lynx (obsolete)

#### References

* “linx, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-24.