centauress
English
Etymology
Noun
centauress (plural centauresses)
- A female centaur; a she-centaur
- 1775 A catalogue of impressions in sulphur of antique and modern gems from which pastes are made and sold, page 55
- 1575. A CENTAURESS ſuckling a child. Cornelian.
- 1800 Letters from Itality, page 122
- a Centaureſs with a young Man, ſhe holds a cymbal of gilt-bronze, the thrones of Venus and Mars, with their attributes, are in the fame picture
- 1820 Lucian of Samosata - Volume 1 - Page 772
- On a grass-plot of the most glossy verdure lies the centauress, with the whole equine part of her stretched on the ground, the hind feet extending backwards: while the upper female part is gently raised, and reclining on one elbow.
- 1837 Travels in Crete, Volume 2, page 12
- we see, from the emptied drinking-vessel of the Centauress before us, that the God did not neglect to requite them for their zeal
- 1775 A catalogue of impressions in sulphur of antique and modern gems from which pastes are made and sold, page 55
Translations
a female centaur
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