onocentaurus

Latin

FWOTD – 29 April 2018

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ὀνοκένταυρος (onokéntauros), an alternative form of ὀνοκένταυρα (onokéntaura, “a kind of tailless ape”, “a kind of demon haunting wild places”), presumably from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) +‎ κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.no.kenˈtau̯.rus/, [ɔnɔkɛn̪ˈt̪äu̯rʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.no.t͡ʃenˈtau̯.rus/, [onot͡ʃen̪ˈt̪äːu̯rus]

Noun

onocentaurus m (genitive onocentaurī); second declension

1. onocentaur (a centaur with the body of an ass)
2. (transferred sense) used of an impure person

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	onocentaurus	onocentaurī
Genitive	onocentaurī	onocentaurōrum
Dative	onocentaurō	onocentaurīs
Accusative	onocentaurum	onocentaurōs
Ablative	onocentaurō	onocentaurīs
Vocative	onocentaure	onocentaurī

Descendants

• English: onocentaur
• French: onocentaure

References

• “onocentaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• onocentaurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.