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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek 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
Noun
centaurēum n (genitive centaurēī); second declension
- (with maius) Centaurea centaurium
- (with minus) Gentiana centaurium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Derived terms
References
- “centaurēum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “centaureum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- centaureum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.