centaurion
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek κενταύριον (kentaúrion), κενταύρειον (kentaúreion, “several plants related to Centaurea”), from κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”) (due to the mythological discovery of its medicinal properties by Chiron the Centaur).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kenˈtau̯.ri.on/, [kɛn̪ˈt̪äu̯riɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈtau̯.ri.on/, [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪äːu̯rion]
Noun
[edit]centaurion n (genitive centauriī); second declension
- Alternative form of centaurēum
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | centaurion | centauria |
Genitive | centauriī | centauriōrum |
Dative | centauriō | centauriīs |
Accusative | centaurion | centauria |
Ablative | centauriō | centauriīs |
Vocative | centaurion | centauria |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “centaurion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- centaurion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.