unicornuus

Latin

Etymology

From ūnus (“one”) +‎ cornū (“horn”) +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uː.niˈkor.nu.us/, [uːnɪˈkɔrnuʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.niˈkor.nu.us/, [uniˈkɔrnuːs]

Noun

ūnicornuus m (genitive ūnicornuī); second declension

1. (mythology) the unicorn.

   Synonyms: monocerōs, ūnicornis

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ūnicornuus	ūnicornuī
genitive	ūnicornuī	ūnicornuōrum
dative	ūnicornuō	ūnicornuīs
accusative	ūnicornuum	ūnicornuōs
ablative	ūnicornuō	ūnicornuīs
vocative	ūnicornue	ūnicornuī

References

• “unicornuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press