Κένταυρος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Perhaps from κεντέω (kentéō, I goad, wound) +‎ ταῦρος (taûros, bull) either from bull-fighting or from herding. Often linked to the Indo-Iranian etymon of which Sanskrit गन्धर्व (gandharva) is a reflex, in which case substrate borrowing and/or substantial remodeling is indicated.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Κέν‧ταυ‧ρος

Noun

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Κένταυρος (Kéntaurosm (genitive Κενταύρου); second declension

  1. Centaur, a member of a savage race dwelling between Mt. Pelion and Mt. Ossa on the Northeastern coast of Thessaly.
  2. centaur

Proper noun

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Κένταυρος (Kéntaurosm (genitive Κενταύρου); second declension

  1. (astronomy) the constellation Centaurus

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Κένταυρος (Kéntavros)

Further reading

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  • Κένταυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Κένταυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Κένταυρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Κένταυρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005

Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Κένταυρος (Kéntauros).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈcen.da.vɾos/
  • Hyphenation: Κέ‧νταυ‧ρος

Proper noun

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Κένταυρος (Kéntavrosm

  1. (astronomy) Centaurus (constellation)
    άλφα του Κενταύρουálfa tou KentávrouAlpha Centauri

Declension

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Further reading

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