onocentaurus
Latin
FWOTD – 29 April 2018
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ὀνοκένταυρος (onokéntauros), an alternative form of ὀνοκένταυρα (onokéntaura, “a kind of tailless ape”, “a kind of demon haunting wild places”), presumably from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o.no.kenˈtau̯.rus/, [ɔnɔkɛn̪ˈt̪äu̯rʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.no.t͡ʃenˈtau̯.rus/, [onot͡ʃen̪ˈt̪äːu̯rus]
Noun
onocentaurus m (genitive onocentaurī); second declension
- onocentaur (a centaur with the body of an ass)
- (transferred sense) used of an impure person
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | onocentaurus | onocentaurī |
| Genitive | onocentaurī | onocentaurōrum |
| Dative | onocentaurō | onocentaurīs |
| Accusative | onocentaurum | onocentaurōs |
| Ablative | onocentaurō | onocentaurīs |
| Vocative | onocentaure | onocentaurī |
Descendants
- English: onocentaur
References
- “onocentaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- onocentaurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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