centauria
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Accessory form of centaurion in the Herbarium of Pseudo-Apuleius, 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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɛnˈtau̯.ri.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪aːu̯.ri.a]
Noun
centauria f (genitive centauriae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) alternative form of centaurēum
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | centauria | centauriae |
| genitive | centauriae | centauriārum |
| dative | centauriae | centauriīs |
| accusative | centauriam | centauriās |
| ablative | centauriā | centauriīs |
| vocative | centauria | centauriae |
References
- “centauria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "centauria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)