unicornis

Latin

From ūnus (“one”) +‎ cornū (“horn”) +‎ -is, a calque of Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs).

ūnicornis (neuter ūnicorne); third-declension two-termination adjective

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter	Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular		Plural
Nominative	ūnicornis	ūnicorne	ūnicornēs	ūnicornia
Genitive	ūnicornis		ūnicornium
Dative	ūnicornī		ūnicornibus
Accusative	ūnicornem	ūnicorne	ūnicornēs ūnicornīs	ūnicornia
Ablative	ūnicornī		ūnicornibus
Vocative	ūnicornis	ūnicorne	ūnicornēs	ūnicornia

ūnicornis m (genitive ūnicornis); third declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

→ Catalan: unicorn
→ Old French: unicorne
- Anglo-Norman: unicorne
  - → Middle English: unicorne, unycorne, unycorn, unicorn, unikorn
    - English: unicorn
    - Scots: unicorn
- French: licorne
→ Old High German: einhurno, einhorn, einhorno, einhurn (calque)
- Middle High German: einhurne, einhorn
  - German: Einhorn
  - Yiddish: איינהאָרן (eynhorn)
→ Italian: unicorno
→ Spanish: unicornio

“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.

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