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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

  • Ἐπὶ χλόησ εὐθαλοῦσ ἡ Κένταυροσ αὕτη πεποίηται ὅλῃ μὲν τῇ ἵππῳ χαμαὶ κειμένη, καὶ ἀποτέτανται εἰσ τοὐπίσω οἱ πόδεσ, τὸ δὲ γυναικεῖον ὅσον αὐτῆσ ἠρέμα ἐπεγήγερται καὶ ἐπ̓ ἀγκῶνόσ ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ πόδεσ οἱ ἔμπροσθεν οὐκέτι καὶ οὗτοι ἀποτάδην, οἱο͂ν ἐπὶ πλευρὰν κειμένησ, ἀλλ̓ ὁ μὲν ὀκλάζοντι ἐοίκεν ὢν καμπύλοσ ὑπεσταλμένῃ τῇ ὁπῇ, ὁ δὲ ἔμπαλιν ἐπανίσταται καὶ τοῦ ἐδάφουσ ἀντιλαμβάνεται, οἱοῖ́ εἰσιν ἵπποι πειρώμενοι ἀναπηδᾶν. (Lucian, Zeuxis 7:1)
  • Σεκούνδου μέν τινοσ βασιλικοῦ οἰνοχόου ἀλεκτρυών ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ ὁ μὲν ἀλεκτρυὼν Κένταυροσ, ὁ δὲ Σεκοῦνδοσ ἦν οἰκέτησ Νικομήδουσ τοῦ Βιθυνῶν βασιλέωσ, ὡσ ἱστορεῖ Νίκανδροσ ἐν ἕκτῳ Περιπετειῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 852)
  • ἐγὼ γὰρ ὧν ὁ θήρ με Κένταυροσ, πονῶν πλευρὰν πικρᾷ γλωχῖνι, προυδιδάξατο παρῆκα θεσμῶν οὐδέν, ἀλλ’ ἐσῳζόμην χαλκῆσ ὅπωσ δύσνιπτον ἐκ δέλτου γραφήν. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 1:4)
  • Νέσσοσ πάλαι Κένταυροσ ἐξέπεισέ νιν τοιῷδε φίλτρῳ τὸν σὸν ἐκμῆναι πόθον. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 2:28)
  • ὅδ’ οὖν ὁ θὴρ Κένταυροσ, ὡσ τὸ θεῖον ἦν πρόφαντον, οὕτω ζῶντά μ’ ἔκτεινεν θανών. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 4:4)

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