catoblepas

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin catōblepās, from Ancient Greek κᾰτῶβλεψ (katôbleps), κᾰτωβλέπων (katōblépōn), κᾰτώβλεπον (katṓblepon, “down-looker”), from κᾰτᾰβλέπω (katablépō, “to look downwards”, from κᾰτᾰ́ (katá) +‎ βλέπω (blépō)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈtɒblɪpəs/, /kæ-/, /-blɛ-/, /-bliː-/, /-pæs/
  • IPA(key): /ˌkætoʊˈblɛpəs/, /ˌkætoʊˈbliːpəs/, /-pæs/, /-tə-/
  • IPA(key): /ˈkætoʊblɪpəs/, /-pæs/, /-tə-/

Noun

catoblepas (plural catoblepae or catoblepones)

  1. A legendary creature from Ethiopia, said to have the body of a Cape buffalo, scales on its back, and the head of a wild boar, which always points downward because of its weight.
    • 2019, Joel Puga, The Journeys of the Sorcerer:
      Behind them, blindfolded and muzzled, came catoblepones.
    • 2022, Patora Fuyuhara, In Another World With My Smartphone:
      The most obvious curseinflicting monsters that came to mind were Basilisks, Cockatrices, and Catoblepones.

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References

  1. ^ Whitney, William Dwight (1895) The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume 1, The Century Co., retrieved 12 April 2023, page 864
  2. ^ Ogilvie, John (1871) The Imperial Dictionary, Blackie and Son, page 85
  3. ^ The National Standard Encyclopedia, A. L. Burt, 1888, page 158
  4. ^ Crabb's Handy Cyclopedia, Hurst & Co., 1888, page 104
  5. ^ Wright, Thomas (1862) The Dictionary-Cyclopædia, for Universal Reference; and a Complete Expositor of the English Language, The London Printing and Publishing Company, Ltd., retrieved 12 April 2023, page 547
  6. ^ Craig, John (1861) The Universal English Dictionary, retrieved 12 April 2023, page 309

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰτῶβλεψ (katôbleps), κᾰτωβλέπων (katōblépōn), κᾰτώβλεπον (katṓblepon, “down-looker”), from κᾰτᾰβλέπω (katablépō, “to look downwards”, from κᾰτᾰ́ (katá) +‎ βλέπω (blépō)).

Pronunciation

Noun

catōblepās m (genitive catōblepae); first declension

  1. A type of horned wild animal found in Ethiopia.
  2. A mythical creature with powers similar to a basilisk.

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative catōblepās catōblepae
Genitive catōblepae catōblepārum
Dative catōblepae catōblepīs
Accusative catōblepān catōblepās
Ablative catōblepā catōblepīs
Vocative catōblepā catōblepae

Descendants

  • → English: catoblepas
  • → French: catoblépas

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French catoblépas.

Noun

catoblepas m (uncountable)

  1. catoblepas

Declension

declension of catoblepas (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) catoblepas catoblepasul
genitive/dative (unui) catoblepas catoblepasului
vocative catoblepasule
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