different between ibex vs ilex

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?b?ks/

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• Xibe, exbi-

Latin

Etymology

Loanword of uncertain origin; suggested to be from a pre-Latin substrate language spoken in the Alps, as the ibex is native to the mountain range. If an Indo-European language, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(h?)eb?- (“climbing”).

Or, possibly of Iberian or Aquitanian origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?i?.beks/, [?i?b?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.beks/, [?i?b?ks]

Noun

?bex m (genitive ?bicis); third declension

1. chamois

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• (Late Latin) hybicum

Descendants

• Asturian: robizu, rebezu
• English: ibex
• Galician: rebezo
• Romanian: ibex
• Spanish: ibex, íbice, rebeco, robezo

References

• ibex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ibex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ibex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Noun

ibex m (plural ibex)

1. ibex

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ilex (“holm oak”).

Noun

ilex (plural ilexes or ilices)

1. Holm oak (Quercus ilex).
2. Any of the numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex.

See also

• ilex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ilex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Lexi, elix

Latin

Etymology

Probably from a lost non-Indo-European language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?i?.leks/, [?i????ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.leks/, [?i?l?ks]

Noun

?lex f (genitive ?licis); third declension

1. holm oak (Quercus ilex)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• ?lignus

Descendants

• Translingual: Ilex
• Albanian: ilqe
• Catalan: alzina
• English: Ilex
• Esperanto: ilekso
• French: yeuse
• Galician: aciñeira
• Ido: ilexo
• Italian: elce
• Portuguese: azinha
• Sicilian: ìlici
• Spanish: encina

References

• ilex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ilex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ilex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Old French

Adverb

ilex

1. Alternative form of iluec