κενταύρειον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κενταυρῐ́η (kentauríē), κενταύριον (kentaúrion)

Etymology

From κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion). The association with centaurs probably stems from the myth that the medical properties of the herbs were discovered by Chiron the Centaur.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ken.tǎu̯.reː.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kenˈtaw.ri.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cenˈta.βri.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cenˈta.vri.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cenˈda.vri.on/

Noun

κενταύρειον • (kentaúreion) n (genitive κενταυρείου); second declension

(with μέγα, Centaurion majus) centaury, Centaurea salonitana, Chlora perfoliata
(with μικρόν, Centaurion minus) feverfew, Centaurium erythraea

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κενταύρειον; τοῦ κενταυρείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κενταύρειον tò kentaúreion	τὼ κενταυρείω tṑ kentaureíō	τᾰ̀ κενταύρειᾰ tà kentaúreia
Genitive	τοῦ κενταυρείου toû kentaureíou	τοῖν κενταυρείοιν toîn kentaureíoin	τῶν κενταυρείων tôn kentaureíōn
Dative	τῷ κενταυρείῳ tôi kentaureíōi	τοῖν κενταυρείοιν toîn kentaureíoin	τοῖς κενταυρείοις toîs kentaureíois
Accusative	τὸ κενταύρειον tò kentaúreion	τὼ κενταυρείω tṑ kentaureíō	τᾰ̀ κενταύρειᾰ tà kentaúreia
Vocative	κενταύρειον kentaúreion	κενταυρείω kentaureíō	κενταύρειᾰ kentaúreia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

κενοφώνιον (kenophṓnion)

Descendants

→ Arabic: قَنْطُورِيُون‎ (qanṭūriyūn)
→ Latin: centaurēum
- ⇒ Medieval Latin: centaurēa
  - Dutch: centaurie
  - Old English: centaurie
    - Middle English: centaure
      - English: centaury
  - French: centaurée
  - Ido: centaureo
  - Italian: centaurea
  - Norman: centaurée (Jersey)
  - Occitan: centaurèa
  - Portuguese: centáurea
  - Translingual: Centaurea

References

“κενταύρειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κενταύρειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette