monoceros
See also: Monoceros
English
Etymology
From Old French monoceros, from Latin monoceros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈnɒsəɹəs/
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, “having one horn”), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈno.ke.roːs/, [mɔˈnɔ.kɛ.roːs]
Noun
monocerōs m (genitive monocerōtis); third declension
- A unicorn
- (New Latin) Used attributively as a specific epithet; one-horned.
Declension
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | monocerōs | monocerōtēs |
Genitive | monocerōtis | monocerōtum |
Dative | monocerōtī | monocerōtibus |
Accusative | monocerōtem | monocerōtēs |
Ablative | monocerōte | monocerōtibus |
Vocative | monocerōs | monocerōtēs |
Synonyms
- (unicorn): ūnicornis
References
- 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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