cornipes

Latin

Etymology

From cornū (“horn”) +‎ pēs (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.ni.peːs/, [ˈkɔrnɪpeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.ni.pes/, [ˈkɔrnipes]

Adjective

cornipēs (genitive cornipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. hoofed, having hooves

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	cornipēs			cornipedēs	cornipedia
genitive	cornipedis			cornipedium
dative	cornipedī			cornipedibus
accusative	cornipedem	cornipēs		cornipedēs	cornipedia
ablative	cornipedī			cornipedibus
vocative	cornipēs			cornipedēs	cornipedia

Noun

cornipēs m (genitive cornipedis); third declension

1. A hoofed animal; an ungulate.
2. (metonymically) a centaur

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cornipēs	cornipedēs
genitive	cornipedis	cornipedum
dative	cornipedī	cornipedibus
accusative	cornipedem	cornipedēs
ablative	cornipede	cornipedibus
vocative	cornipēs	cornipedēs

Related terms

• cornū

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.