monoceros

See also: Monoceros

English

Etymology

From Old French monoceros, from Latin monocerōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈnɒsəɹəs/

Noun

monoceros (plural monoceroses)

1. (obsolete) A unicorn
2. (obsolete) A narwhal

Related terms

• monocerous

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, “having one horn”, from μόνος (mónos, “one”) +‎ κέρας (kéras, “horn”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moˈno.ke.roːs/, [mɔˈnɔkɛroːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈno.t͡ʃe.ros/, [moˈnɔːt͡ʃeros]

Noun

monocerōs m (genitive monocerōtis); third declension

1. (fantasy, mythology) A unicorn
2. (New Latin) Used attributively as a specific epithet; one-horned.

Declension

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

• (unicorn): ūnicornis

Descendants

• → English: monoceros
• → Spanish: monocerote (learned)

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.