Κένταυρος

See also: κένταυρος

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:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Κενταυρικός (Kentaurikós)
  • Κενταύρειος (Kentaúreios)

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
  Κένταυρος
case     \     number singular
nominative Κένταυρος •
genitive Κενταύρου •  Κένταυρου •
accusative Κένταυρο •
vocative Κένταυρε •

Further reading
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