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Latin
Etymology
From cornū (“horn”) + pēs (“foot”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cornipēs (genitive cornipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- hoofed, having hooves
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Noun
cornipēs m (genitive cornipedis); third declension
- A hoofed animal; an ungulate.
- (metonymically) a centaur
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “cornipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cornipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cornipes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cornipes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.