tauricornis

Latin

Etymology

From taurus (“bull”) + cornis (“horned”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tau̯.riˈkor.nis/, [t̪äu̯rɪˈkɔrnɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tau̯.riˈkor.nis/, [t̪äu̯riˈkɔrnis]

Adjective

tauricornis (neuter tauricorne); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. bull-horned, tauricornous

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	tauricornis	tauricorne		tauricornēs	tauricornia
genitive	tauricornis			tauricornium
dative	tauricornī			tauricornibus
accusative	tauricornem	tauricorne		tauricornēs tauricornīs	tauricornia
ablative	tauricornī			tauricornibus
vocative	tauricornis	tauricorne		tauricornēs	tauricornia

Related terms

• ūnicornis
• bicornis
• tricornis

References

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