monoceros

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English

Etymology

From Old French monoceros, from Latin monocerōs.

Pronunciation

Noun

monoceros (plural monoceroses)

  1. (obsolete) A unicorn
  2. (obsolete) A narwhal

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, “having one horn”, from μόνος (mónos, “one”) +‎ κέρας (kéras, “horn”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

monocerōs m (genitive monocerōtis); third declension

  1. (fantasy, mythology) A unicorn
  2. (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

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.
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