onocentaurus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o.no.kenˈtau̯.rus/, [ɔnɔkɛn̪ˈt̪äu̯rʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.no.t͡ʃenˈtau̯.rus/, [onot͡ʃen̪ˈt̪äːu̯rus]
Noun[edit]
onocentaurus m (genitive onocentaurī); second declension
- onocentaur (a centaur with the body of an ass)
- (transferred sense) used of an impure person
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- English: onocentaur
- French: onocentaure
References[edit]
- “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.