monoceros
See also: Monoceros
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French monoceros, from Latin monocerōs.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmonoceros (plural monoceroses)
Related terms
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, “having one horn”, from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”)).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /moˈno.ke.roːs/, [mɔˈnɔkɛroːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈno.t͡ʃe.ros/, [moˈnɔːt͡ʃeros]
Noun
editmonocerōs m (genitive monocerōtis); third declension
- (fantasy, mythology) A unicorn
- (New Latin) Used attributively as a specific epithet; one-horned.
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | monocerōs | monocerōtēs |
genitive | monocerōtis | monocerōtum |
dative | monocerōtī | monocerōtibus |
accusative | monocerōtem | monocerōtēs |
ablative | monocerōte | monocerōtibus |
vocative | monocerōs | monocerōtēs |
Synonyms
edit- (unicorn): ūnicornis
Descendants
edit- → English: monoceros
- → Spanish: monocerote (learned)
References
edit- “monoceros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- monoceros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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