Κένταυρος
Κένταυρος,
ὁ (in
Luc. Zeux. 4 also
ἡ),
Centaur:
I). in Ep., a savage race, dwelling between Pelion and Ossa,
Il. 11.832 ,
Od. 21.295 sq. (opp.
ἄνδρες, ib.
303 ),
Hes. Sc. 184 ,
h.Merc. 224 (perh. in signf.
11 ),
Batr. 171 : hence,
brigands,
Hsch. IV). = παιδεραστής , from the brutal sensuality ascribed to the Centaurs, Hsch.
ShortDef
a Centaur
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Headword (normalized):
κένταυρος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κενταυρος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-56604
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">Κένταυρος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span> (in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg057:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg057:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Zeux.</span> 4 </a> also <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>), <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Centaur</span>: <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> in Ep., a savage race, dwelling between Pelion and Ossa, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:832" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.832/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.832 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:295" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.295/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 21.295 </a> sq. (opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἄνδρες</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:303" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:303/canonical-url/"> 303 </a>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:184" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:184/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 184 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:224" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:224/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Merc.</span> 224 </a> (perh. in signf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Batr.</span> 171 </a>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">brigands</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> later, monsters of double shape, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">half-man and half-horse</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 2.44 </a>, etc., cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg016:461b:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg016:461b.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Insomn.</span> 461b20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4.69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 4.69 </a>: prov., <span class="foreign greek">οὐ παρὰ Κενταύροισι</span> \'we don\'t live in fairyland\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0510.tlg001:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0510.tlg001:45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Telecl.</span> 45 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> the constellation <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Centaurus</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eudox.</span> </span> ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:2:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:2:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hipparch.</span> 1.2.20 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">παιδεραστής</span> , from the brutal sensuality ascribed to the Centaurs, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the pudenda</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0513.tlg001:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0513.tlg001:89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theopomp.Com.</span> 89 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}