centauress

English

Etymology

From centaur +‎ -ess.

Noun

centauress (plural centauresses)

1. (fantasy) A female centaur; a she-centaur
   • 1775, A catalogue of impressions in sulphur of antique and modern gems from which pastes are made and sold, page 55‎^[1]:

     1575. A CENTAURESS ſuckling a child. Cornelian.

   • 1800, Letters from Itality, page 122‎^[2]:

     a Centaureſs with a young Man, ſhe holds a cymbal of gilt-bronze, the thrones of Venus and Mars, with their attributes, are in the fame picture

   • 1820, Lucian of Samosata - Volume 1 - Page 772‎^[3]:

     On a grass-plot of the most glossy verdure lies the centauress, with the whole equine part of her stretched on the ground, the hind feet extending backwards: while the upper female part is gently raised, and reclining on one elbow.

   • 1837, Travels in Crete, Volume 2, page 12‎^[4]:

     we see, from the emptied drinking-vessel of the Centauress before us, that the God did not neglect to requite them for their zeal

Related terms

• centaurette

Translations

a female centaur

• Esperanto: centaŭrino
• French: centauresse (fr) f
• Greek: κενταυρίδα f (kentavrída)

  Ancient: κενταυρίς f (kentaurís)

• Italian: centauressa (it) f