onocentaurus

== Latin == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek ὀνοκένταυρος (onokéntauros), an alternative form of ὀνοκένταυρα (onokéntaura, a kind of tailless ape, a kind of demon haunting wild places), presumably from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) +‎ κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔ.nɔ.kɛnˈtau̯.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.no.t͡ʃenˈtaːu̯.rus] === Noun === onocentaurus m (genitive onocentaurī); second declension onocentaur (a centaur with the body of an ass) (transferred sense) used of an impure person ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: onocentaur French: onocentaure === References === “onocentaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “onocentaurus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.