centauria
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kenˈtau̯.ri.a/, [kɛn̪ˈt̪äu̯riä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈtau̯.ri.a/, [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪äːu̯riä]
Noun edit
centauria f (genitive centauriae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of centaurēum
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | centauria | centauriae |
| Genitive | centauriae | centauriārum |
| Dative | centauriae | centauriīs |
| Accusative | centauriam | centauriās |
| Ablative | centauriā | centauriīs |
| Vocative | centauria | centauriae |
References edit
- “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)