hippocentaurus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἱπποκένταυρος (hippokéntauros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hip.po.kenˈtau̯.rus/, [hɪpːɔkɛn̪ˈt̪äu̯rʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ip.po.t͡ʃenˈtau̯.rus/, [ipːot͡ʃen̪ˈt̪äːu̯rus]

Noun

hippocentaurus m (genitive hippocentaurī); second declension

1. A centaur

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hippocentaurus	hippocentaurī
genitive	hippocentaurī	hippocentaurōrum
dative	hippocentaurō	hippocentaurīs
accusative	hippocentaurum	hippocentaurōs
ablative	hippocentaurō	hippocentaurīs
vocative	hippocentaure	hippocentaurī

Synonyms

• centaurus

Descendants

• → English: hippocentaur
• → French: hippocentaure

References

• “hippocentaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hippocentaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hippocentaurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “hippocentaurus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “hippocentaurus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray