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===substantive===

Lit. and Met., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κέντρον]], τό.

of a [[cock]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[πλῆκτρον]], τό.

[[reproaches are as a spur to the wise]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὀνείδη τοῖς σώφροσιν ἀντίκεντρα γίγνεται]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''[[Eumenides]]'' 136).

[[on the spur of the moment]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀπὸ βραχείας διανοίας]]; see [[off-hand]].

===verb transitive===

Lit. and Met., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κεντεῖν]], [[prose|P.]] [[κεντρίζειν]] ([[Xenophon|Xen.]]).

[[urge on]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπικελεύειν]], [[ἐγκελεύειν]], [[ἐποτρύνειν]]; see [[urge on]].
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