cornutus

cornūtus, a, um, adj. [cornu],

I horned : animalia, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2: aries, Col. 7, 3, 4.—

B Meton. (cf. cornu, I. B.): quadrupedes (i. e. elephanti), Varr. L. L. 7, § 39 Müll.: luna, Amm. 14, 2, 2.—

C Subst.:

1 cornūti , ōrum, m. (= tauri), bullocks , Att. ap. Non. p. 395, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 494 Rib.).—

2 cornūtae , ārum, f., a kind of sea-fish. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145; Apic. 10, 3, § 454.—

II Trop.: syllogismus, a horned syllogism, a sophistical conclusion, sophism , = ceratina, Hier. Ep. 69, n. 2; cf.: cornuta interrogatio, id. adv. Helvid. 16.