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Webster 1913 Edition
Monoceros
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Mo-noc′e-ros
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
μόνοσ
alone, single + κέρασ
horn.] 1.
A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one horn.
Mighty
monoceroses
with immeasured tails. Spenser.
2.
(Astron.)
The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion.
Webster 1828 Edition
Monoceros
MONOC'EROS
,Noun.
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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
- A unicorn
- (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.