centaurion
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.ɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪aːu̯.ri.on]
Noun
centaurion n (genitive centauriī); second declension
- alternative form of centaurēum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | centaurion | centauria |
| genitive | centauriī | centauriōrum |
| dative | centauriō | centauriīs |
| accusative | centaurion | centauria |
| ablative | centauriō | centauriīs |
| vocative | centaurion | centauria |
Derived terms
References
- “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.