cornutus

== Latin == === Etymology === From cornū (“horn”) +‎ -tus (adjective-forming suffix). The connection between "having horns" and "cuckolded" is found across many languages, cf. English horned, German Hörner aufsetzen, Turkish boynuzlanmak and in all Romance languages. The origin of this connection is disputed. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔrˈnuː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [korˈnuː.tus] === Adjective === cornūtus (feminine cornūta, neuter cornūtum); first/second-declension adjective horned, having horns (Medieval Latin, New Latin) cuckolded ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (horned): cornifer, corniger ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “cornutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "servus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cornutus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “cornutus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers cornutus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[5], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “cornutus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray