cornipes

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cornĭ-pēs, pĕdis, adj. [cornu],

hornfooted, hoofed (poet.): capella, Cat. 19, 16: equi, Verg. A. 6, 591: Faunus, Ov. F. 2, 361: planta (Panis), Sil. 13, 338.—Also subst.: cornĭpēs , pĕdis, m. (so most freq. in Claud.), a horn-footed animal; of the horse , Sil. 3, 361; 7, 684; Claud. Fesc. 11, 11 al.; of the centaur Chiron , Claud. in Rufin. 2, 180 et saep.

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