κένταυρος
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See also: Κένταυρος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Κένταυρος (Kéntauros, “a savage Thessalian race”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kén.tau̯.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈken.taw.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcen.ta.βros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcen.ta.vros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈcen.da.vros/
- Hyphenation: κέν‧ταυ‧ρος
Noun
[edit]κένταυρος • (kéntauros) m (genitive κενταύρου); second declension
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κένταυρος ho kéntauros |
τὼ κενταύρω tṑ kentaúrō |
οἱ κένταυροι hoi kéntauroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κενταύρου toû kentaúrou |
τοῖν κενταύροιν toîn kentaúroin |
τῶν κενταύρων tôn kentaúrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κενταύρῳ tôi kentaúrōi |
τοῖν κενταύροιν toîn kentaúroin |
τοῖς κενταύροις toîs kentaúrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κένταυρον tòn kéntauron |
τὼ κενταύρω tṑ kentaúrō |
τοὺς κενταύρους toùs kentaúrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κένταυρε kéntaure |
κενταύρω kentaúrō |
κένταυροι kéntauroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἰχθυοκένταυρος (ikhthuokéntauros)
- κενταύρειον (kentaúreion)
Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: قَنْطُور (qanṭūr)
- Greek: κένταυρος (kéntavros)
- → Latin: centaurus
- Old East Slavic: китоврасъ (kitovrasŭ)
- Russian: китовра́с (kitovrás)
- Russian: кента́вр (kentávr), цента́вр (centávr)
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]κένταυρος • (kéntavros) m (plural κένταυροι)
- (Greek mythology, folklore) centaur (mythical beast that is half man, half horse)
- Ο Φιρένζε ήταν κένταυρος στη σειρά «Χάρι Πότερ».
- O Firénze ítan kéntavros sti seirá «Chári Póter».
- Firenze was a centaur in the Harry Potter series.
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | κένταυρος (kéntavros) | κένταυροι (kéntavroi) |
genitive | κένταυρου (kéntavrou) κενταύρου (kentávrou) |
κένταυρων (kéntavron) κενταύρων (kentávron) |
accusative | κένταυρο (kéntavro) | κένταυρους (kéntavrous) κενταύρους (kentávrous) |
vocative | κένταυρε (kéntavre) | κένταυροι (kéntavroi) |
Second forms are formal.
Derived terms
[edit]- κενταυρομαχία f (kentavromachía, “centauromachy”)
- καρεκλοκένταυρος m (kareklokéntavros, “obstructive bureaucrat”) (derogatory)
Related terms
[edit]- Κένταυρος m (Kéntavros, “Centaurus”)
Further reading
[edit]- κένταυρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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