rhinoceros
See also: rhinocéros
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “nose-horned”), composed of ῥῑ́ς, ῥῑνός (rhī́s, rhīnós, “nose, of (the) nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) enPR: rī-nŏsʹə-rəs; IPA(key): /ɹaɪˈnɒs.ə.ɹəs/
- (US, Canada) enPR: rī-nŏʹsə-rəs; IPA(key): /ɹaɪˈnɑ.sə.ɹəs/
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- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɹɑɪˈnɔs.ə.ɹəs/
Noun edit
rhinoceros (plural rhinoceros or rhinoceroses or (uncommon) rhinocerosses or (nonstandard) rhinoceri or (nonstandard) rhinoceroi or (now rare) rhinocerotes)
- Any of several large herbivorous ungulates native to Africa and Asia of the five extant species in the three extant genera in the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.
- 1658, Thomas Brown, “Of Unicorns Horn”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or Enquiries Into Very many Received Tenents And commonly Presumed Truths. The Fourth Edition[1], page 203:
- Herein therefore to draw up our determinations beside the several pieces of Scripture mentioning this Animal (which some may well contend to be only meant of the Rhinoceros) we are so far from denying there is any Unicorn at all, that we affirme there are many kinds thereof. In the number of Quadrapedes we will concede no less then five; that is the Indian Oxe, Indian Ass, Rhinoceros, the Oryx, and that which is more eminently termed Monoceros, or Unicornis.
- (paleontology) A member of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including hornless members of the extinct genus Paraceratherium.
Hyponyms edit
- aceratheriin (†Aceratheriinae)
- African rhinoceros
- black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
- greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
- Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
- Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)
- lesser one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)
- Merck's rhinoceros (†Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis)
- narrow-nosed rhinoceros (†Stephanorhinus hemitoechus)
- one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros spp.)
- square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
- Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
- white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
- woolly rhinoceros (†Coelodonta antiquitatis)
Derived terms edit
- First Rhinoceros Party
- Second Rhinoceros Party
- rhino
- Rhino, Rhinos (cf. also the homophones: RINO, RINOs, Republican(s) In Name Only)
- rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
- rhinoceros beetle (Dynastinae spp.)
- rhinoceros bird (Bucerotidae spp.)
- Rhinoceros Party of Canada (French: Parti Rhinocéros du Canada) (1963–1993)
- Rhinoceros Party (French: Parti Rhinocéros)
- Rhino Party (French: Parti Rhino)
Translations edit
herbivorous pachyderm with horn(s)
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See also edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /riːˈno.ke.roːs/, [riːˈnɔkɛroːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /riˈno.t͡ʃe.ros/, [riˈnɔːt͡ʃeros]
Noun edit
rhīnocerōs m (genitive rhīnocerōtis); third declension
- A rhinoceros
- A vessel made of a rhinoceros's horn
- A nickname for someone with a long nose.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rhīnocerōs | rhīnocerōtēs |
Genitive | rhīnocerōtis | rhīnocerōtum |
Dative | rhīnocerōtī | rhīnocerōtibus |
Accusative | rhīnocerōta rhīnocerōtem |
rhīnocerōtas rhīnocerōtēs |
Ablative | rhīnocerōte | rhīnocerōtibus |
Vocative | rhīnocerōs | rhīnocerōtēs |
References edit
- rhinoceros in Karl Ernst Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch
- “rhinoceros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rhinoceros”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rhinoceros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.