hystrix

See also: Hystrix

English

Noun

hystrix (uncountable)

1. (pathology) ichthyosis hystrix

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Latin

Etymology

From .

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hystrīx f (genitive hystrīcis); third declension

1. porcupine

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hystrīx	hystrīcēs
genitive	hystrīcis	hystrīcum
dative	hystrīcī	hystrīcibus
accusative	hystrīcem	hystrīcēs
ablative	hystrīce	hystrīcibus
vocative	hystrīx	hystrīcēs

Adjective

hystrīx (genitive hystrīcis); third-declension one-termination adjective

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

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	hystrīx			hystrīcēs	hystrīcia
genitive	hystrīcis			hystrīcium
dative	hystrīcī			hystrīcibus
accusative	hystrīcem	hystrīx		hystrīcēs	hystrīcia
ablative	hystrīcī			hystrīcibus
vocative	hystrīx			hystrīcēs	hystrīcia

Usage notes

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

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.