hemionus

English

Noun

hemionus

Obsolete form of hemione.
- 1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
  the ass only occasionally has stripes on its legs and the hemionus has none and has not even a shoulder - stripe

References

hemionus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡμῐ́ονος (hēmíonos, “half ass, mule”).

Noun

hēmionus m (genitive hēmionī); second declension

(New Latin) half-mule

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hēmionus	hēmionī
Genitive	hēmionī	hēmionōrum
Dative	hēmionō	hēmionīs
Accusative	hēmionum	hēmionōs
Ablative	hēmionō	hēmionīs
Vocative	hēmione	hēmionī

Descendants

Translingual: Equus hemionus
English: hemionus, hemione

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