unicornis

From ūni- (“one”) +‎ cornū (“horn”) +‎ -is, a calque of Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [uː.nɪˈkɔr.nɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [u.niˈkɔr.nis]

ūnicornis (neuter ūnicorne); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. One-horned.

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• bicornis
• tricornis
• quadricornis

ūnicornis m (genitive ūnicornis); third declension

1. (mythology) A unicorn.

   Synonyms: monocerōs, ūnicornuus

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• → Catalan: unicorn
• → Italian: unicorno, alicorno, liocorno
• → Old French: unicorne
  • Anglo-Norman: unicorne
    • → Middle English: unicorne, unycorne, unycorn, unicorn, unikorn
      • English: unicorn
      • Scots: unicorn
  • French: licorne
• → Old High German: einhurno, einhorn, einhorno, einhurn (calque)
  • Middle High German: einhurne, einhorn
    • German: Einhorn
    • Yiddish: איינהאָרן (eynhorn)
• → Spanish: unicornio

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