unicornis

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uː.niˈkor.nis/, [uːnɪˈkɔrnɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.niˈkor.nis/, [uniˈkɔrnis]

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

1. One-horned.

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

ūnicornis m (genitive ūnicornis); third declension

1. A unicorn.

   Synonyms: monoceros, ūnicornuus

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
• → Italian: unicorno
• → Spanish: unicornio

• bicornis

• “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