centaurion

== Latin == === Alternative forms === centaurēum === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κενταύριον (kentaúrion), 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): [kɛnˈtau̯.ri.ɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃenˈtaːu̯.ri.on] === Noun === centaurion n (genitive centauriī); second declension alternative form of centaurēum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). ==== Derived terms ==== centauria === References === “centaurion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “centaurion”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.