centaureum
Latin
Alternative forms
- centaurion
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κενταύρειον (kentaúreion, “several plants related to Centaurea”), from κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”) (due to the mythological discovery of its medicinal properties by Chiron the Centaur).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ken.tau̯ˈreː.um/, [kɛn.tau̯ˈreː.ũ]
Noun
centaurēum n (genitive centaurēī); second declension
- (with maius) Centaurea centaurium
- (with minus) Gentiana centaurium
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | centaurēum | centaurēa |
| Genitive | centaurēī | centaurēōrum |
| Dative | centaurēō | centaurēīs |
| Accusative | centaurēum | centaurēa |
| Ablative | centaurēō | centaurēīs |
| Vocative | centaurēum | centaurēa |
Derived terms
- centaurēa
References
- centaurēum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- centaureum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- centaureum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette