ibex

English

an ibex

Etymology

From Latin ībex (chamois), possibly from Iberian or Aquitanian; akin to Old Spanish bezerro (bull) (modern becerro (yearling)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪbɛks/

Noun

ibex (plural ibex or ibexes or ibices)

  1. A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species Capra ibex.

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Latin

Etymology

Loanword of uncertain origin; suggested to be from a pre-Latin substrate language spoken in the Alps,[1][2] as the ibex is native to the mountain range. If an Indo-European language, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ebʰ- (climbing).

Or, possibly of Iberian or Aquitanian origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiː.beks/, [ˈiː.bɛks]

Noun

ībex m (genitive ībicis); third declension

  1. chamois

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ībex ībicēs
Genitive ībicis ībicum
Dative ībicī ībicibus
Accusative ībicem ībicēs
Ablative ībice ībicibus
Vocative ībex ībicēs

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Descendants

References

  1. Watkins, Calvert (1985) The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  2. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, volume II, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Spanish

Noun

ibex m (plural ibex)

  1. ibex
    • 2015 November 23, “La pelota es de Florentino”, in El País:
      El club se ha quedado sin más mensajes que la purpurina de las listas de Forbes sobre los clubes más ricos del mundo, los Balones de Oro, la evangelización madridista con puentes en Indonesia o Australia y ese deslumbrante palco de la casa blanca por el que desfilan políticos y empresarios de todos los ibex de este mundo.
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