tauricornis

Latin

Etymology

From taurus (“bull”) + cornis (“horned”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tau̯.riˈkor.nis/, [t̪äu̯rɪˈkɔrnɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tau̯.riˈkor.nis/, [t̪äu̯riˈkɔrnis]

Adjective

tauricornis (neuter tauricorne); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. bull-horned, tauricornous

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	tauricornis	tauricorne		tauricornēs	tauricornia
Genitive	tauricornis			tauricornium
Dative	tauricornī			tauricornibus
Accusative	tauricornem	tauricorne		tauricornēs tauricornīs	tauricornia
Ablative	tauricornī			tauricornibus
Vocative	tauricornis	tauricorne		tauricornēs	tauricornia

Related terms

• ūnicornis
• bicornis
• tricornis

References

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