alcen.

Brit.

/als/, U.S.

/æls/

Forms:

α. 1500s– alce.

β. 1600s alcis.

γ. 1700s alces.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alcē.

Etymology: < classical Latin alcē (compare Hellenistic Greek ἄλκη ) < the Germanic base of elk n.¹ (see discussion at that entry). Compare Middle French, French †alce (1560), Italian alce (14th cent.). Compare scientific Latin alces, specific name of the elk ( Linnaeus Systema naturæ (ed. 10, 1758 ) I. 66), later adopted as a genus name by J. E. Gray ( London Med. Repository 15 307).In β. forms probably after classical Latin alcis, genitive singular of alcē . In γ. forms after scientific Latin alces.

Now historical and rare.

The elk, Alces alces (see elk n.¹ 1a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Alces (elk or moose)

elk1486

alce1541

losh1591

ellend1600

orignal1609

ellan1613

moose1614

moose deer1672

elende1697

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxiv. f. 49 Alces, brought for the nones out of the great woddes of Germany.

1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata xvii. §193 The backe of Alcis cannot be cut or broken with swords stroakes.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Alce, a wild Beast..hath no joynts in his legs, and therefore doth never lye down but lean to Trees..This beast in English we answerably call an Elk.

1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 364/1 Alce, Alces, or Elk, in zoology, the trivial name of a species of the cervus.

1852 R. H. Major tr. S. von Herberstein Notes upon Russia II. 95 Lithuania possess other wild beasts, besides such as are found in Germany, namely, bisons, buffaloes, and alces, which are wild horses.

1998 V. Dickenson Drawn from Life 131 The alce, or elk [in Historiæ Canadensis, 1664], which is probably a moose, is unrecognizable as such.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	alce
释义	alcen. Brit. /als/, U.S. /æls/ Forms: α. 1500s– alce. β. 1600s alcis. γ. 1700s alces. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alcē. Etymology: < classical Latin alcē (compare Hellenistic Greek ἄλκη ) < the Germanic base of elk n.¹ (see discussion at that entry). Compare Middle French, French †alce (1560), Italian alce (14th cent.). Compare scientific Latin alces, specific name of the elk ( Linnaeus Systema naturæ (ed. 10, 1758 ) I. 66), later adopted as a genus name by J. E. Gray ( London Med. Repository 15 307).In β. forms probably after classical Latin alcis, genitive singular of alcē . In γ. forms after scientific Latin alces. Now historical and rare. The elk, Alces alces (see elk n.¹ 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Alces (elk or moose) elk1486 alce1541 losh1591 ellend1600 orignal1609 ellan1613 moose1614 moose deer1672 elende1697 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxiv. f. 49 Alces, brought for the nones out of the great woddes of Germany. 1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata xvii. §193 The backe of Alcis cannot be cut or broken with swords stroakes. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Alce, a wild Beast..hath no joynts in his legs, and therefore doth never lye down but lean to Trees..This beast in English we answerably call an Elk. 1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 364/1 Alce, Alces, or Elk, in zoology, the trivial name of a species of the cervus. 1852 R. H. Major tr. S. von Herberstein Notes upon Russia II. 95 Lithuania possess other wild beasts, besides such as are found in Germany, namely, bisons, buffaloes, and alces, which are wild horses. 1998 V. Dickenson Drawn from Life 131 The alce, or elk [in Historiæ Canadensis, 1664], which is probably a moose, is unrecognizable as such. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1541
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