oryx
Dictionary entries
- Entry →oryx, orygis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
North African antelope/gazelle; wild goat (L+S); wild bull/ox (Vulgate);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Scythicae uolucres et phoenicopterus ingens et Gaetulus oryx hebeti lautissima ferro caeditur et tota sonat ulmea cena Subura..."Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...cervum: inbelles dammae quid nisi praeda sumus? XCV. Oryx. Matutinarum non ultima praeda ferarum saevos oryx constat quot..."
