catoblepas

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin catōblepās, from Ancient Greek κᾰτῶβλεψ (kătôbleps), κᾰτωβλέπων (kătōblépōn), κᾰτώβλεπον (kătṓblepon, “down-looker”), from κᾰτᾰβλέπω (kătăblépō, “to look downwards”, from κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) +‎ βλέπω (blépō)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈtɒblɪpəs/, /kæ-/, /-blɛ-/, /-bliː-/, /-pæs/ IPA(key): /ˌkætoʊˈblɛpəs/, /ˌkætoʊˈbliːpəs/, /-pæs/, /-tə-/ IPA(key): /ˈkætoʊblɪpəs/, /-pæs/, /-tə-/ === Noun === catoblepas (plural catoblepae or catoblepones) A legendary creature from Ethiopia, said to have the body of a Cape buffalo, scales on its back, and the head of a wild boar, which always points downward because of its weight. ==== Translations ==== === See also === basilisk gorgon === References === == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰτῶβλεψ (kătôbleps), κᾰτωβλέπων (kătōblépōn), κᾰτώβλεπον (kătṓblepon, “down-looker”), from κᾰτᾰβλέπω (kătăblépō, “to look downwards”, from κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) +‎ βλέπω (blépō)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈtoː.bɫɛ.paːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈtɔː.ble.pas] === Noun === catōblepās m (genitive catōblepae); first declension A type of horned wild animal found in Ethiopia. A mythical creature with powers similar to a basilisk. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās). ==== Descendants ==== → English: catoblepas → French: catoblépas === References === “catoblepas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “catoblepas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French catoblépas. === Noun === catoblepas m (uncountable) catoblepas ==== Declension ====