monoceros

== English == === Etymology === From Old French monoceros, from Latin monocerōs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /məˈnɒsəɹəs/ === Noun === monoceros (plural monoceroses) (obsolete) A unicorn. (obsolete) A narwhal. ==== Derived terms ==== monoceros beetle ==== Related terms ==== monocerous == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, “having one horn”, from μόνος (mónos, “one”) +‎ κέρας (kéras, “horn”)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɔˈnɔ.kɛ.roːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [moˈnɔː.t͡ʃe.ros] === Noun === monocerōs m (genitive monocerōtis); third declension (fantasy, mythology) A unicorn (New Latin) Used attributively as a specific epithet; one-horned. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (unicorn): ūnicornis ==== Descendants ==== → English: monoceros → Spanish: monocerote (learned) === References === “monoceros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “monoceros”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.