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cornipes

cornipes, horn-footed, hoofed

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

cornipēs, edis: adj. (cornū and pēs), horn-hoofed, 6.591.
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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