Κένταυρος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

 
  • Hyphenation: Κέν‧ταυ‧ρος

Noun

Κένταυρος • (Kéntauros) m (genitive Κενταύρου); second declension

  1. Centaur, a member of a savage race dwelling between Mt. Pelion and Mt. Ossa on the Northeastern coast of Thessaly.
  2. centaur

Proper noun

Κένταυρος • (Kéntauros) m (genitive Κενταύρου); second declension

  1. (astronomy) the constellation Centaurus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κένταυρος; τοῦ Κενταύρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
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
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Κένταυρος (Kéntavros)

Further reading

  • “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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κένταυρος (Kéntauros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcen.da.vɾos/
  • Hyphenation: Κέ‧νταυ‧ρος

Proper noun

Κένταυρος • (Kéntavros) m

  1. (astronomy) Centaurus (constellation)
    άλφα του Κενταύρου ― álfa tou Kentávrou ― Alpha Centauri

Declension

Declension of Κένταυρος
singular
nominative Κένταυρος (Kéntavros)
genitive Κενταύρου (Kentávrou)
Κένταυρου (Kéntavrou)
accusative Κένταυρο (Kéntavro)
vocative Κένταυρε (Kéntavre)

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