noun · neutersecond declension
centaurēum
centaurēum n (genitive centaurēī)
Classical[kɛn.tau̯ˈreː.ũː]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃen.tau̯ˈrɛː.um]
Meaning
- Centaurea centaurium
- Gentiana centaurium
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | centaurēum centauria | centaurēa centaurēae, centauria, centauriae |
| genitive | centaurēī centaurēae, centauriae, centauriī | centaurēōrum centaurēārum, centauriārum, centauriōrum |
| dative | centaurēō centaurēae, centauriae, centauriō | centaurēīs centauriīs |
| accusative | centaurēum centaurēam, centauriam | centaurēa centaurēās, centauria, centauriās |
| ablative | centaurēō centauriā, centauriō | centaurēīs centauriīs |
| vocative | centaurēum centauria | centaurēa centaurēae, centauria, centauriae |
centaurēum or -ĭon, i, n. (access. form centaurĭa, ae, f., App. Herb. 34 and 35), = κενταύρειον and κενταύριον,
I. centaury, a plant of two kinds: majus, Centaurea centaurium, Linn.; and minus, Gentiana centaurium, id.; Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66:
ferum, Lucr. 2, 401: tristia, id. 4, 124: Thessala, Luc. 9, 918; Verg. G. 4, 270.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
centaurēum ī, n, κενταύρειον
Centaurus; because used by Chiron to heal the foot of Hercules, the centaureum, a medicinal plant of Thessaly, V.
Origins
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).
In English words that came into English from centaurēum
- centaurycentaurēa