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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κεντρίναι (kentrínai), the plural form of κεντρίνης (kentrínēs).
Pronunciation
Noun
centrinae m pl (genitive centrinārum); first declension (plural only)
- A kind of beetle or wasp
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “centrinae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- centrinae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.