unicornuus

Latin

Etymology

From ūnus (“one”) +‎ cornū (“horn”) +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /uː.niˈkor.nu.us/, [uːnɪˈkɔrnuʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.niˈkor.nu.us/, [uniˈkɔrnuːs]

Noun

ūnicornuus m (genitive ūnicornuī); second declension

the unicorn.
Synonyms: monoceros, ūnicornis

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ūnicornuus	ūnicornuī
Genitive	ūnicornuī	ūnicornuōrum
Dative	ūnicornuō	ūnicornuīs
Accusative	ūnicornuum	ūnicornuōs
Ablative	ūnicornuō	ūnicornuīs
Vocative	ūnicornue	ūnicornuī

References

“unicornuus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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