Κένταυρος
See also: κένταυρος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kén.tau̯.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈken.taw.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcen.ta.βros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcen.ta.vros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈcen.da.vros/
- Hyphenation: Κέν‧ταυ‧ρος
Noun edit
Κένταυρος • (Kéntauros) m (genitive Κενταύρου); second declension
- Centaur, a member of a savage race dwelling between Mt. Pelion and Mt. Ossa on the Northeastern coast of Thessaly.
- centaur
Proper noun edit
Κένταυρος • (Kéntauros) m (genitive Κενταύρου); second declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κένταυρος ho Kéntauros |
τὼ Κενταύρω tṑ Kentaúrō |
οἱ Κένταυροι hoi Kéntauroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κενταύρου toû Kentaúrou |
τοῖν Κενταύροιν toîn Kentaúroin |
τῶν Κενταύρων tôn Kentaúrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κενταύρῳ tôi Kentaúrōi |
τοῖν Κενταύροιν toîn Kentaúroin |
τοῖς Κενταύροις toîs Kentaúrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κένταυρον tòn Kéntauron |
τὼ Κενταύρω tṑ Kentaúrō |
τοὺς Κενταύρους toùs Kentaúrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | Κένταυρε Kéntaure |
Κενταύρω Kentaúrō |
Κένταυροι Kéntauroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- Κενταυρικός (Kentaurikós)
- Κενταύρειος (Kentaúreios)
Descendants edit
- Greek: Κένταυρος (Kéntavros)
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Κένταυρος (Kéntauros).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Κένταυρος • (Kéntavros) m
Declension edit
Κένταυρος
Related terms edit
- κένταυρος m (kéntavros, “centaur”)
Further reading edit
- Κένταυρος (αστερισμός) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el