Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κενταυρίη ‎(kentauríē), κενταύριον ‎(kentaúrion)

Noun

κενταύρειον • ‎(kentaúreion) n ‎(genitive κενταυρείου); second declension

1. (with μέγα, Centaurion majus) centaury, Centaurea salonitana, Chlora perfoliata
2. (with μικρόν, Centaurion minus) feverfew, Centaurium erythraea

Declension

Synonyms

• κενοφώνιον ‎(kenophṓnion)

Descendants

• Latin: centaurēum
  • Medieval Latin: centaurēa
    • Dutch: centaurie
    • Old English: centaurie
      • Middle English: centaure
        • English: centaury
    • French: centaurée
    • Ido: centaureo
    • Italian: centaurea
    • Norman: centaurée (Jersey)
    • Occitan: centaurèa
    • Portuguese: centáurea
    • Translingual: Centaurea

References

• κενταύρειον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «κενταύρειον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette