hemionus
English
Noun
hemionus
- Obsolete form of hemione.
- 1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Laws of Variation”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 165:
- […] the ass seldom has stripes on its legs and the hemionus has none and has not even a shoulder-stripe, […]
References
“hemionus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἡμῐ́ονος (hēmĭ́onos, “half ass, mule”).
Noun
hēmionus m (genitive hēmionī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hēmionus | hēmionī |
| genitive | hēmionī | hēmionōrum |
| dative | hēmionō | hēmionīs |
| accusative | hēmionum | hēmionōs |
| ablative | hēmionō | hēmionīs |
| vocative | hēmione | hēmionī |
Descendants
- Translingual: Equus hemionus
- English: hemionus, hemione