onocentaurus

Latin

FWOTD – 29 April 2018

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ὀνοκένταυρος (onokéntauros), an alternative form of ὀνοκένταυρα (onokéntaura, a kind of tailless ape, a kind of demon haunting wild places), presumably from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) +‎ κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.no.kenˈtau̯.rus/, [ɔnɔkɛn̪ˈt̪äu̯rʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.no.t͡ʃenˈtau̯.rus/, [onot͡ʃen̪ˈt̪äːu̯rus]

Noun

onocentaurus m (genitive onocentaurī); second declension

1. onocentaur (a centaur with the body of an ass)
2. (transferred sense) used of an impure person

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	onocentaurus	onocentaurī
genitive	onocentaurī	onocentaurōrum
dative	onocentaurō	onocentaurīs
accusative	onocentaurum	onocentaurōs
ablative	onocentaurō	onocentaurīs
vocative	onocentaure	onocentaurī

Descendants

• English: onocentaur
• French: onocentaure

References

• “onocentaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• onocentaurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.