English

Proper noun

Monoceros

1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a unicorn. It lies amid the Milky Way, just east of the constellation Orion.

Derived terms

• Monocerotis
• Monocerotids

Translations

English

Noun

monoceros ‎(plural monoceroses)

1. (obsolete) a unicorn
2. (obsolete) a narwhal

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονόκερως ‎(monókerōs, “having one horn”), from μόνος ‎(mónos, “one”) + κέρας ‎(kéras, “horn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /moˈno.ke.roːs/, [mɔˈnɔ.kɛ.roːs]

Noun

monocerōs m ‎(genitive monocerōtis); third declension

1. A unicorn
2. (New Latin) Used attributively as a specific epithet; one-horned.

Synonyms

• (unicorn): ūnicornis

References

• monoceros in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “monoceros”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.