unicornis
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ūnus (“one”) + cornū (“horn”) + -is, a calque of Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /uː.niˈkor.nis/, [uːnɪˈkɔrnɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /u.niˈkor.nis/, [uniˈkɔrnis]
Adjective
[edit]ūnicornis (neuter ūnicorne); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | ūnicornis | ūnicorne | ūnicornēs | ūnicornia | |
Genitive | ūnicornis | ūnicornium | |||
Dative | ūnicornī | ūnicornibus | |||
Accusative | ūnicornem | ūnicorne | ūnicornēs ūnicornīs |
ūnicornia | |
Ablative | ūnicornī | ūnicornibus | |||
Vocative | ūnicornis | ūnicorne | ūnicornēs | ūnicornia |
Noun
[edit]ūnicornis m (genitive ūnicornis); third declension
- A unicorn.
- Synonyms: monoceros, ūnicornuus
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ūnicornis | ūnicornēs |
Genitive | ūnicornis | ūnicornium |
Dative | ūnicornī | ūnicornibus |
Accusative | ūnicornem | ūnicornēs ūnicornīs |
Ablative | ūnicorne | ūnicornibus |
Vocative | ūnicornis | ūnicornēs |
Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: unicorn
- → Old French: unicorne
- → Old High German: einhurno, einhorn, einhorno, einhurn (calque)
- → Italian: unicorno
- → Spanish: unicornio
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “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.
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