The Unipotanes are magical ipotanes. They are usually depicted as being with an upper body of a human and the lower half, single horn, and a tail of a unicorn. These creatures are much different from the unicentaurs. Although sometimes attributed to Greek mythology, the term appears to have originated at a much later date, and without a definite description.
The word "unipotane" appears to be derived from the Latin unicornis ("having one horn", while in the unicorn from the Greek is called a monokeros, its equivalent of “one horn” and passing into English as monoceros) + Greek ιππότης (hippotes), "a knight", which itself is derived from ίππος (hippos), "a horse". The description is not clearly distinguishable from that of a hippocentaur/unicentaurs, and some depictions use the term synonymously. In modern depictions show ipotanes with a human body and a unicorn's head. Other depictions have them as humans with the hindquarters of a unicorn.