cornutus

cornūtus, a, um, adj. [cornu],

• 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.

cornūtus, a, um (cornu), I) gehörnt, aries, Col. u. Vulg.: aves, Ov.: quadrupedes (= elephanti), Varro LL.: luna, Amm. – subst., a) cornūtī, ōrum, m. insbes. = Stiere, Acc. tr. 494 u. cornūtae, ārum, f., das Hornvieh, Varro r. r. 2, 7, 2 Keil. – b) cornūta, ae, f. der Hornfisch, Plin. 32, 145. Apic. 10, 454. – II) übtr.: syllogismus c. (= ceratina), der Hornschluß, ein sophistischer Trugschluß, Hieron. epist. 69, 2: u. so interrogatio c., Hieron. in Helvid. 16.

cornutus [CL] 1 horned. b (w. asinus) monstrosity. oves ‥ ~e et nulla parte corporis diminute (Leg. Hen. 76. 7c) GAS 594; deinde duo subsequentur sceptrum, quibus ~us draco ministrabit (Proph. Merlini) G. Mon. VII 4; s1237 (v. 4c infra); Bart. Angl. XVIII 8 (v. cerastes a).  b theologus sine bona logica asinus esset ~us Lutterell Visio Beat. 94v. 2 tipped or bound w. horn. quando proceditur ad duellum ‥, judex habet providere de fustibus ~is cum targiis Upton 83. 3 produced by a horn (mus.). s1306 caput suum cum sonitu ~o ad pontem Londoniensem ductum Ann. Lond. 148. 4 distinguished by horn-like projections; b (w. ref. to arms or cross); c (w. ref. to crescent-shaped loaf); d (w. ref. to ‘horns’ of mitre); e (w. ref. to horns of woman’s headdress). Cf. cornu 7. Gad. 130 v. 1 (v. bifurcare 2a); barba Aaron ‥ ~a habet folia SB 24.  b cum palam patuit / crux cornuta clavusque claruit J. Howd. CA 117.  c Ps.-Map 247 (v. crispus 2).  d rex [Hen. II] ‥ inquit: “‥ copiam eorum que a te impetrata sunt privilegia ‥, appellata ‘~a’, ostende”; dicebant enim ea esse ‘~a’ propter mitre speciem et pontificalia ornamenta G. S. Alb. I 152; si jus ecclesie nostre archiepiscopo abjurare voluerimus ‥, jam, si vellem, ~us incederem Gir. Invect. I 4 p. 99; cum hec belua nostra nondum ~a fuisset, sed ‥ adhuc tamen cornua sumendi spe tumesceret Id. Spec. III 7 p. 164; idem est de episcopis ~is: quando levi tribulatione tanguntur, cornua sua retrahunt O. Cheriton Fab. 48A (cf. (v. cornu 1e)); s1237 quidam clericus ‥ pestem magnam animalium, precipue ~orum, que pecudes vel pecora appellamus, subsecuturam pronuntiabat; et addidit quasi jocose “utinam non hominum ~orum”, sc. episcoporum M. Par. Maj. III 415; 1323 nostri cornuti sunt consilio quasi muti / et, quia non tuti, nequeunt sermonibus uti (Vers. Ep. Linc.) Blaneford 142; s1381 nec fuit ullus ~us qui ‥ audebat tantis malis occurrere Wals. HA II 12.  e c1300 sed, si quedam nobilis, / pulcra vel amabilis, / cum capite cornuto, / auro circumvoluto, / accedat ad judicium, / hec expedit negocium / ore suo muto (De Judicibus) Pol. Songs 226; mulier fatua, cristas in capite habens, coronis, cornibus, gemmis et crustulis aureis mitrata cedit; propter quod Babio in suis comediis de tali sic prophetatur, dicens: ‘~a capite, ut hedus ‥’ Fordun Cont. XIV 31. 5 (log.) two-pronged, armed w. a dilemma. Adel. QN 69 (v. cornu 10); jam arta complexio et ~us ‥ imminet syllogismus J. Sal. Pol. 467D; archidiaconus ‥ in consistorio Foliotum syllogismo ~o et quasi sub dilemmate ‥ constrinxit Gir. JS 4 p. 221; argumentum istud ~um est, cujus vanitas et infirmitas per argumentum simile repellendum Ockham Disp. 14. 6 armed w. power. b aggressive, self-assertive. abbas [R., ob. 1335] compulsus est se demonstrare ~um et gladium suum vibrare contra impietatis operarios G. S. Alb. II 217; c1370 taurus ‥ / bino cornutus stauro [gl.: i. de hominibus et argento et auro, qui cornua tauri dicuntur quia, sicut taurus defendit se ‥ cum cornibus suis, ita iste rex defendit se cum hominibus suis et auro et argento] (J. Bridl.) Pol. Poems I 146–7.  b s1263 tam graves erant eorum [sc. Willelmi de Valencia et suorum] excessus et ~a superbia quod nec sub ipsis minores vivere poterant nec cum ipsis pares conversari (Rish.) Wals. YN app. 495 (cf. (v. cornu 12)). 7 radiating light (w. ref. to Exod. xxxiv 29). quis ‥ duas tabulas ~amque faciem ‥, ut Moyses, advexit? Gildas EB 69; facies ejus, sicut Moisi, non apparuit ~a H. Cantor 12v (cf. (v. cornu 7g & 12)); ex consorcio sermonis Domini ~am gerere videbatur faciem NLA II 46 (cf. Ad. Eyns. Hug. IV 10 p. 49).

1 cornūtus, a, um (cornu), qui a des cornes : [bœufs] Acc. Tr. 494 ; Varro Men. 457 ; [chèvres] Col. Rust. 1 præf. 26 ; 7, 6, 4 ; cornutæ quadrupedes Varro L. 7, 39, les éléphants || [fig.] sophistique, captieux : Hier. Virg. 16 ; [en part.] (le syllogisme) cornu, c. ceratina  : Hier. Ep. 69, 2.

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