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κενταύριον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 이형 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κενταύριον κενταρίου

Structure: κενταυρι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. Alternative form of κενταύρειον ‎(kentaúreion)

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "τὸ δὲ θύμον ἢ τὸ κενταύριον ἂν εἰσ ἀγαθὴν καὶ πίονα σπαρῇ χώραν καὶ βρέχηται καὶ ἄρδηται, τῆσ κατὰ φύσιν ἐξίσταται ποιότητοσ καὶ ἀποβάλλει τὴν δύναμιν, αὐχμῷ δὲ χαίρει καὶ πρὸσ τὸ οἰκεῖον ἐπιδίδωσιν· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 2526)
  • Ἢν δὲ μὴ δοκέῃ τάμνειν φλέβα, ψύξιοσ πολλῆσ καὶ νάρκησ καὶ ἀναισθήσιοσ ἀμφισχούσησ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ὑποκλύζειν ἐσ κένωσιν τοῦ πλήθεοσ τῶν ἐν τοῖσι ἐντέροισι ̔τὰ πολλὰ γὰρ ὑπ’ ἀδηφαγίησ καὶ οἰνοφλυγίησ παραπλῆγεσ γίγνονταἰ, καὶ εἰσ τὴν ἀντίσπασιν τῶν τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀμφεχόν των χυμῶν· ἔστω δὲ τὸ κλύσμα δριμὺ, καὶ φλεγμάτων καὶ χολῆσ ἀγωγὸν, ὡσ μὴ νίτρον ἔχειν μοῦνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ εὐφόρβιον, ὅσον ὁλκῆσ τριώβολον, ἐσ τόδε ξύνηθεσ πλῆθοσ τοῦ κλύσματοσ, καὶ κολοκυνθίδοσ τὸ ἐντόσ, ἢ κενταυρίου τῆσ κόμησ ἀφεψήματοσ εἰσ ἔλαιον, ἧ ὕδωρ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 160)
  • καὶ κενταυρίου καὶ ὑσσώπου ἑψήματα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 283)

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