LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

centaurus

centaurus m (genitive centaurī)
Classical[kɛnˈtau̯.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃenˈtaːu̯.rus]

Meaning

  1. masculinea centaur

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

mōnstrum biforme: superior pars homō, īnferior equus
centaurus -ī (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 18

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecentauruscentaurī
genitivecentaurīcentaurōrum
dativecentaurōcentaurīs
accusativecentaurumcentaurōs
ablativecentaurōcentaurīs
vocativecentaurecentaurī

Centaurus, i, m., = Κένταυρος,
I. a Centaur; the Centaurs were wild people in the mountains of Thessaly, who fought on horseback; acc. to the fable, monsters in Thessaly of a double form (the upper parts human, the lower those of a horse), sons of Ixion and of a cloud in the form of Juno (hence nubigenae, Verg. A. 7, 674), Lucr. 5, 876; 5, 889; Ov. M. 9, 191; 12, 219 sq.; Verg. G. 2, 456; id. A. 7, 675; Hor. C. 4, 2, 15 al.; Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 1, 13 (21): nobilis, i. e. Chiron, Hor. Epod. 13, 11; cf. bimembris, v. Lapithae.—As figure-head of a ship, Verg. A. 10, 195.—
II. A constellation in the southern heavens, Hyg. Astr. 2, 38; 3, 37; Cic. Arat. 203 sq.; Manil. 1, 408.—
III. The name of a ship (hence, sc. navis, fem.): magna, Verg. A. 5, 122.

Origins

From Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”), from Κένταυρος (Kéntauros, “a savage race, dwelling between Pelion and Ossa”).

Descendants
  • Catalancentaure
  • Englishcentaur
  • Frenchcentaure
  • Italiancentauro
  • Portuguesecentauro
  • Romaniancentaur
  • Spanishcentauro
  • Galiciancentauro

Quick answers

What does centaurus mean in Latin?
centaurus, a noun, means “a centaur”.
What is the genitive of centaurus?
The genitive singular is centaurī. centaurus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce centaurus?
In classical Latin, [kɛnˈtau̯.rʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃenˈtaːu̯.rus].