unicornis

== Latin == === Etymology === From ūni- (“one”) +‎ cornū (“horn”) +‎ -is, a calque of Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [uː.nɪˈkɔr.nɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [u.niˈkɔr.nis] === Adjective === ūnicornis (neuter ūnicorne); third-declension two-termination adjective One-horned. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Related terms ==== bicornis tricornis quadricornis === Noun === ūnicornis m (genitive ūnicornis); third declension (mythology) A unicorn. Synonyms: monocerōs, ūnicornuus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: unicorn → Italian: unicorno, alicorno, liocorno → Old French: unicorneAnglo-Norman: unicorne→ Middle English: unicorne, unycorne, unycorn, unicorn, unikornEnglish: unicornScots: unicornFrench: licorne → Old High German: einhurno, einhorn, einhorno, einhurn (calque)Middle High German: einhurne, einhornGerman: EinhornYiddish: איינהאָרן (eynhorn) → Spanish: unicornio === References === “unicornis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “unicornis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.