monoceros
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See also: Monoceros
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French monoceros, from Latin monocerōs.
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 Latin) IPA(key): /moˈno.ke.roːs/, [mɔˈnɔkɛroːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈno.t͡ʃe.ros/, [moˈnɔːt͡ʃeros]
Noun
[edit]monocerōs m (genitive monocerōtis); third declension
- (fantasy, mythology) 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.
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