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κένταυρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κένταυρος κενταύρου

Structure: κενταυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

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

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

  • Κένταυροι δ’ ἑτέρωθεν ἐναντίοι ἠγερέθοντο ἀμφὶ μέγαν Πετραῖον ἰδ’ Ἄσβολον οἰωνιστὴν Ἄρκτον τ’ Οὔρειόν τε μελαγχαίτην τε Μίμαντα καὶ δύο Πευκεί̈δασ, Περιμήδεά τε Δρύαλόν τε, ἀργύρεοι, χρυσέασ ἐλάτασ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντεσ. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 18:3)
  • ἐπειράθησαν ἄνδρεσ καὶ ὑῶν καὶ ἵππων μιγνύμενοι καὶ γυναῖκεσ ἄρρεσι θηρίοισ ἐπεμάνησαν ἐκ γὰρ τῶν τοιούτων γάμων ὑμῖν Μινώταυροι καὶ Αἰγίπανεσ, ὡσ δ’ ἐγᾦμαι καὶ Σφίγγεσ ἀναβλαστάνουσι καὶ Κένταυροι. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 7 18:1)
  • θαρρεῖν δὲ παρακελευσάμενοσ Ἡρακλῆσ αὐτὸν ἤνοιξε, καὶ μετ’ οὐ πολὺ τῆσ ὀσμῆσ αἰσθόμενοι παρῆσαν οἱ Κένταυροι, πέτραισ ὡπλισμένοι καὶ ἐλάταισ, ἐπὶ τὸ τοῦ Φόλου σπήλαιον. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 5 4:6)
  • βιάζεσθαι δὲ αὐτὴν ἐπιχειροῦντεσ Κένταυροι Ῥοῖκόσ τε καὶ Ὑλαῖοσ κατατοξευθέντεσ ὑπ’ αὐτῆσ ἀπέθανον. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 9 2:6)

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