monoceros
See also: Monoceros
English
Etymology
From Old French monoceros, from Latin monocerōs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈnɒsəɹəs/
Noun
monoceros (plural monoceroses)
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, “having one horn”, from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɔˈnɔ.kɛ.roːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [moˈnɔː.t͡ʃe.ros]
Noun
monocerōs m (genitive monocerōtis); third declension
- (fantasy, mythology) A unicorn
- (New Latin) Used attributively as a specific epithet; one-horned.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | monocerōs | monocerōtēs |
| genitive | monocerōtis | monocerōtum |
| dative | monocerōtī | monocerōtibus |
| accusative | monocerōtem | monocerōtēs |
| ablative | monocerōte | monocerōtibus |
| vocative | monocerōs | monocerōtēs |
Synonyms
- (unicorn): ūnicornis
Descendants
- → English: monoceros
- → Spanish: monocerote (learned)
References
- “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.