centaureum

Latin

Alternative forms

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

  1. (with maius) Centaurea centaurium
  2. (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

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
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