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 Latin) IPA^(key): [kɛn.tau̯ˈreː.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃen.tau̯ˈrɛː.um]

Noun

centaurēum n (genitive centaurēī); second declension

1. (with maius) Centaurea centaurium
2. (with minus) Gentiana centaurium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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.