centauria

Latin

Alternative forms

• centaurēa

Etymology

Accessory form of centaurion in the Herbarium of Pseudo-Apuleius, 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): /kenˈtau̯.ri.a/, [kɛn̪ˈt̪äu̯riä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃenˈtau̯.ri.a/, [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪äːu̯riä]

Noun

centauria f (genitive centauriae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of centaurēum

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	centauria	centauriae
genitive	centauriae	centauriārum
dative	centauriae	centauriīs
accusative	centauriam	centauriās
ablative	centauriā	centauriīs
vocative	centauria	centauriae

References

• “centauria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• centauria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)