monoceros

See also: Monoceros

English

Etymology

From Old French monoceros, from Latin monoceros.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məˈnɒsəɹəs/

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
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈno.ke.roːs/, [mɔˈnɔ.kɛ.roːs]

Noun

monocerōs m (genitive monocerōtis); third declension

  1. A unicorn
  2. (New Latin) Used attributively as a specific epithet; one-horned.

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative monocerōs monocerōtēs
Genitive monocerōtis monocerōtum
Dative monocerōtī monocerōtibus
Accusative monocerōtem monocerōtēs
Ablative monocerōte monocerōtibus
Vocative monocerōs monocerōtēs

Synonyms

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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