serous awnser please?

Question

its not funny when you give uslesss awnsers so if you dont know dont awnser why do they call them unicorns why not unihorns

Answer 1

The name "unicorn" comes from the Latin for "one horn": uni = one, cornu = horn.

Answer 2

Derivation (Latin):
Uni - one
Cornu - horn

Description
The unicorn is a mythical creature. Strong, wild, and fierce, it was impossible to tame by man. Plinie, the Roman naturalist records it as "a very ferocious beast, similar in the rest of its body to a horse, with the head of a deer, the feet of an elephant, the tail of a boar, a deep, bellowing voice, and a single black horn, two cubits in length, standing out in the middle of its forehead."



Origin
The unicorn is an archetypal monster, present both in eastern and western mythology. In the Bible, God is said to have the strength of a unicorn. [Num 23:22 & 24:8]; The warlike fierceness of the unicorn is referred to when Ephraim and Manasseh are described as being like the horns of unicorns. [Deu 33:17]; The terrifying destruction of Idumea is completed when God sends unicorns and wild bulls to attack the people. [Isa 34:8 see also Psa. 92:10 & Psa 22:21]

Modern zoologists have generally disbelieved the existence of the unicorn. Yet there are animals bearing on their heads a bony protuberance more or less like a horn, which may have given rise to the story. The rhinoceros horn, as it is called, is such a protuberance, though it does not exceed a few inches in height, and is far from agreeing with the descriptions of the horn of the unicorn. The nearest approach to a horn in the middle of the forehead is exhibited in the bony protuberance on the forehead of the giraffe; but this also is short and blunt, and is not the only horn of the animal, but a third horn, standing in front of the two others.

Other believes that the narwhales, along with the Indian Rhinoceros (which only has one ‘horn’) are creatures that, through travelers’ exaggerations, became the fabled unicorn. The narwhale is a whale that has a single tusk protruding from its forehead. One can admire two carved narwhal horn in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and in the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside (NMGM); the two are thought to be a pair. The horn is 110 cm long with a diameter of 5.2 cm tapering to 2.5 cm.

The Oryx, a desert antilope, is also a potential candidate.



Powers
It was traditionally believed that a virgin who was naked sitting beneath a tree could only catch the delicate unicorn. The unicorn, who craves purity, would be irresistably drawn to the girl and lie down with his head in her lap. While it slept, the hunter could capture it. If, however, the girl was merely pretending to be a virgin, the unicorn would tear her apart.

Throughout the stories of the unicorn, its horn, the alicorn, is said to have great medicinal powers. In Ctesias’ writings, the dust filed from the horn was supposed to protect against deadly diseases if mixed into a potion. Or, if you drank from the horn, you would be protected against any poison.

Often, a narwhale tusk was sold as an alicorn, and it was often ground up and used for its magical properties.



Symbol
Its white coloring made it a natural symbol for purity, chastity and virginity.

The mythological unicorn was a symbol of chivalry with qualities befitting this status, proud and untamable.

The legend of the hunter and virgin bait became an allegory of the Incarnation and was later forbidden by the Council of Trent because of the lack of real unicorns in the present world.

Answer 3

Unicorn: Middle English unicorne, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin unicornis, from Latin, having one horn, from uni- + cornu horn -- more at HORN
: a mythical animal generally depicted with the body and head of a horse, the hind legs of a stag, the tail of a lion, and a single horn in the middle of the forehead

So it comes from the word Cornu which means horn :)

Answer 4

Ahh, but they are called unihorns. You see uni is latin meaning one and corn comes from the latin word cornu meaning horn. So unicorn actually means one horn.

Answer 5

The word ultimately comes from ancient Greek:

mono + keras = one horn

the Roman's translated this as uni + cornus, which means one horn in Latin, which is where we get the word unicorn.

Answer 6

How can you expect a "serous awnser" with that question? (not to mention the spelling issues)

Why do they call a centaur a centaur and not a "manhorse"?? Because 'centaur' sounds cooler!

Answer 7

The word cornus is an old word for horn.

unicorn
c.1225, from O.Fr. unicorne, from L.L. unicornus (Vulgate), from noun use of L. unicornis (adj.) "having one horn," from uni- "one" (see uni-) + cornus "horn" (see horn). The L.L. word translates Gk. monoceros, itself rendering Heb. re'em, which was probably a kind of wild ox. According to Pliny, a creature with a horse's body, deer's head, elephant's feet, lion's tail, and one black horn two cubits long projecting from its forehead. Cf. Ger. Einhorn, Welsh ungorn, Bret. uncorn, O.C.S. ino-rogu.

Answer 8

The second half of the word comes from the Latin word "cornu" (which was their word for "horn").

Back when the word "unicorn" was invented, the English word "horn" didn't exist yet.

Answer 9

ok here is what i think i dont know if it is right but i am going 2 try. they r called unicorns because unihorn is what they have but unihorn is a stupid name and unicorn sounds cool.

Answer 10

You don't get serious answers because your spelling and grammar sucks. No one can take you serious when they can't even read your question.
They're called Unicorns because they have unique horns. It was shortened by the Romans to just Unicorns.

Answer 11

Hmm I dunno why they call them unicorns but maybe they dont call them unihorns because other animals have only one horn too. So if they called it a unihorn cuz it has one horn they would have to call all of them that... I dunno where the corn comes from though... maybe it smells like corn... just a thought.