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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

  • Λαπίθασ οὖν καὶ Κενταύρουσ εἶπεσ ἄν, εἰ εἶδεσ ^ τραπέζασ ἀνατρεπομένασ καὶ αἷμα ἐκκεχυμένον καὶ σκύφουσ ῥιπτομένουσ. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 45:8)
  • ἐτύγχανε δὲ καὶ τοὺσ Κενταύρουσ κεκληκὼσ ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον. (Plutarch, chapter 30 3:2)
  • τούτῳ περιπεπτωκότασ τοὺσ Κενταύρουσ τοξεύων ἱήσι βέλοσ ὁ Ἡρακλῆσ, τὸ δὲ ἐνεχθὲν Ἐλάτου διὰ τοῦ βραχίονοσ τῷ γόνατι τοῦ Χείρωνοσ ἐμπήγνυται. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 5 4:9)
  • Πειρίθουσ γὰρ Ἱπποδάμειαν μνηστευόμενοσ εἱστία Κενταύρουσ ὡσ συγγενεῖσ ὄντασ αὐτῇ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 1 37:2)
  • διὸ καὶ ἐν τῇ πρὸσ Κενταύρουσ μάχῃ τραυμάτων καταφρονῶν πολλοὺσ τῶν Κενταύρων ἀπώλεσεν, οἱ δὲ λοιποί, περιστάντεσ αὐτῷ, ἐλάταισ τύπτοντεσ ἔχωσαν εἰσ γῆν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 1 39:2)

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