monoceros
See also: Monoceros
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French monoceros, from Latin monoceros.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
monoceros (plural monoceroses)
Related terms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, “having one horn”, from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈno.ke.roːs/, [mɔˈnɔkɛroːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈno.t͡ʃe.ros/, [moˈnɔːt͡ʃeros]
Noun edit
monocerōs m (genitive monocerōtis); third declension
- A unicorn
- (New Latin) Used attributively as a specific epithet; one-horned.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | 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.