oryx

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ŏryx, ygis, m., = ὄρυξ,

a kind of wild goat or gazelle : Gaetulus oryx, Juv. 11, 140; Mart. 13, 94, 2; Vulg. Deut. 14, 5; cf. Plin. 2, 40, 40, § 107.

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