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cornupeta.

act of pushing/goring with horns;

9 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[kɔrˈnʊ.pɛ.ta]Classical-Latin[korˈnuː.pe.ta][kɔrˈnʊ.pɛ.taː]Classical-Latin[korˈnuː.pe.ta]

  1. goring; attacking with horns

    Late-Latin · declension-1 · one-termination
Where this word comes from

From cornū (“horn”) + petō (“attack, assail”) + -a (suffix deriving agent nouns from verbs). The two-word expression cornū petō "attack with (one's) horn(s)" is attested already in Classical Latin (e.g. Horace Sermones 2.1.52, Vergil Aeneid 9.629). The compound adjective is used in the Latin Bible as a translation of Biblical Hebrew נַגָּח (naggāḥ, “(apt to) goring”) (which occurs in the Torah only in the two verses of Exodus cited below). The Latin translation may be influenced by Ancient Greek κερατιστής (keratistḗs), the translation used by the Septuagint, which is built on κέρας (kéras, “horn”). (Although the Latin Vulgate was intended to be a translation from Hebrew rather than from Greek, Jerome was familiar with the Septuagint and with prior Latin translations based on it.)

adj[kɔrˈnʊ.pɛ.ta]Classical-Latin[korˈnuː.pe.ta][kɔrˈnʊ.pɛ.taː]Classical-Latin[korˈnuː.pe.ta]

  1. inflection of cornupetus: nominative/vocative feminine singular

    feminine · form-of · nominative · singular · vocative

  2. inflection of cornupetus: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

    accusative · form-of · neuter · nominative · plural · vocative
adj[kɔrˈnʊ.pɛ.ta]Classical-Latin[korˈnuː.pe.ta][kɔrˈnʊ.pɛ.taː]Classical-Latin[korˈnuː.pe.ta]

  1. ablative feminine singular of cornupetus

    ablative · feminine · form-of · singular
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