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|Definition=τό, (κεντέω) <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">any sharp point</b>: </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">horse-goad</b>, [ἵπποι] ἄνευ κέντροιο θέοντες <span class="bibl">Il.23.387</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">430</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1297</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.1.29</span>, etc.; διπλοῖς κέντροισι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>809</span>; ὄνειδος ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου μεσολαβεῖ κ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>157</span> (lyr.): post-Hom., <b class="b2">ox-goad</b> (Hom. <b class="b3">βουπλήξ</b>), used as an instrument of torture, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.130</span>; κέντροις καὶ μάστιξιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>777a</span>: prov., <b class="b3">πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν</b> (v. λακτίζω <span class="bibl">2</span>); δεῖ . . κέντρου πολλάκις, οὕτω δὲ καὶ χαλινοῦ Longin.2.2; as a symbol of sovereignty, λαβὼν . . χερσὶν κέντρα κηδεύει πόλιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>683</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> metaph., <b class="b2">goad, spur, incentive</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>124.4</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>691</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κ</b>. <b class="b3">ὡς μητροκτονεῖν</b>; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>427</span>; κέντροις ἔρωτος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>39</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">1303</span>; πόθου κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>573a</span>; κέντρα καὶ ὠδῖνες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>251e</span>; κ. ἐγερτικὸν θυμοῦ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>21</span>; <b class="b3">κέντρα πτολέμοιο</b>, of the Argives, Orac. ap. Sch.<span class="bibl">Theoc.14.48</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἐμοῦ</b> <b class="b2">desire for</b> me, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1039</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> metaph., in pl., <b class="b2">tortures, pangs</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>840</span> (lyr.): sg., τὸ κ. τοῦ θανάτου ἡ ἁμαρτία <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>15.56</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">point</b> of a spear, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.22.4</span>: pl., of the <b class="b3">περόναι</b> with which Oedipus pierced his eyes, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1318</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">peg</b> of a top, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 436d</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">5</span> of animals, </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">a</span> <b class="b2">sting</b> of bees and wasps, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>225</span>, <span class="bibl">407</span> (lyr.), al.; of scorpions, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>683a12</span> (so of the constellation <span class="title">Scorpio</span>, <span class="bibl">Arat.505</span>): hence, metaph., of malicious persons, ἐς τοὺς ἔχοντας κέντρ' ἀφιᾶσιν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>242</span>; πορεύεται, ὥσπερ σκορπίος, ἠρκὼς τὸ κ. <span class="bibl">D.25.52</span>; of Pericles as an orator, τὸ κ. ἐγκατέλειπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις <span class="bibl">Eup.94.7</span>; of Socrates, ὥσπερ μέλιττα τὸ κ. ἐγκαταλιπών <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>91c</span>; οἷον ὀφθαλμῷ κ. ἐνθεῖσα <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.1</span>; <b class="b3">βλέμματος κ</b>. Onomarch. ap. <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>2.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">spur</b> of a cock, <span class="title">Gp.</span>14.7.17. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">quill</b> of the porcupine, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>12.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">d</span> = [[πόσθη]], <span class="bibl">Sotad.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">stationary point of a pair of compasses</b>, Vitr.3.1.3: generally, <b class="b2">centre</b> of a circle, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ti.</span>54e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APr.</span>41b15</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐκ τοῦ κ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">εὐθεῖα</b>) <b class="b2">radius</b>, <span class="bibl">Euc.<span class="title">Opt.</span> 34</span>; ὥσπερ κύκλον κέντρῳ περιέγραψαν τὴν πόλιν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Rom.</span>11</span>; τὸ κ. τᾶς σφαίρας <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.100e</span>; τὸ κ. τῆς γῆς <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>52</span>; <b class="b3">κ. βάρεος</b> <b class="b2">centre</b> of gravity, <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Aequil.</span>1</span><span class="title">Def.</span>4: metaph., <b class="b3">κ. καὶ διαστήματι περιγράφειν</b> <b class="b2">circumscribe</b>, Plu.2.513c, 524f. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b2">pin, rivet</b>, <span class="bibl">Paus.10.16.1</span>; <b class="b2">spur, tip</b>, for fixing a machine in the ground, Apollod <span class="title">Poliorc.</span> 144.1. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b3">ῥακτηρίοις κέντροισιν</b>, of <b class="b2">oars</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>802</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">9</span> Astron., <b class="b2">cardinal point</b> on the ecliptic, <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>74</span>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>5.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.50.18</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">10</span> <b class="b2">hard knot</b> in stone, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>5.2.3</span>; <b class="b2">flaw</b> in crystals, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>37.28</span>.</span> | |Definition=τό, (κεντέω) <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">any sharp point</b>: </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">horse-goad</b>, [ἵπποι] ἄνευ κέντροιο θέοντες <span class="bibl">Il.23.387</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">430</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1297</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.1.29</span>, etc.; διπλοῖς κέντροισι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>809</span>; ὄνειδος ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου μεσολαβεῖ κ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>157</span> (lyr.): post-Hom., <b class="b2">ox-goad</b> (Hom. <b class="b3">βουπλήξ</b>), used as an instrument of torture, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.130</span>; κέντροις καὶ μάστιξιν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>777a</span>: prov., <b class="b3">πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν</b> (v. λακτίζω <span class="bibl">2</span>); δεῖ . . κέντρου πολλάκις, οὕτω δὲ καὶ χαλινοῦ Longin.2.2; as a symbol of sovereignty, λαβὼν . . χερσὶν κέντρα κηδεύει πόλιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>683</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> metaph., <b class="b2">goad, spur, incentive</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>124.4</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>691</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κ</b>. <b class="b3">ὡς μητροκτονεῖν</b>; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>427</span>; κέντροις ἔρωτος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>39</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">1303</span>; πόθου κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>573a</span>; κέντρα καὶ ὠδῖνες <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>251e</span>; κ. ἐγερτικὸν θυμοῦ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>21</span>; <b class="b3">κέντρα πτολέμοιο</b>, of the Argives, Orac. ap. Sch.<span class="bibl">Theoc.14.48</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἐμοῦ</b> <b class="b2">desire for</b> me, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1039</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> metaph., in pl., <b class="b2">tortures, pangs</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>840</span> (lyr.): sg., τὸ κ. τοῦ θανάτου ἡ ἁμαρτία <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>15.56</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">point</b> of a spear, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.22.4</span>: pl., of the <b class="b3">περόναι</b> with which Oedipus pierced his eyes, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1318</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">peg</b> of a top, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 436d</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">5</span> of animals, </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">a</span> <b class="b2">sting</b> of bees and wasps, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>225</span>, <span class="bibl">407</span> (lyr.), al.; of scorpions, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>683a12</span> (so of the constellation <span class="title">Scorpio</span>, <span class="bibl">Arat.505</span>): hence, metaph., of malicious persons, ἐς τοὺς ἔχοντας κέντρ' ἀφιᾶσιν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>242</span>; πορεύεται, ὥσπερ σκορπίος, ἠρκὼς τὸ κ. <span class="bibl">D.25.52</span>; of Pericles as an orator, τὸ κ. ἐγκατέλειπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις <span class="bibl">Eup.94.7</span>; of Socrates, ὥσπερ μέλιττα τὸ κ. ἐγκαταλιπών <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>91c</span>; οἷον ὀφθαλμῷ κ. ἐνθεῖσα <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.1</span>; <b class="b3">βλέμματος κ</b>. Onomarch. ap. <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>2.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">spur</b> of a cock, <span class="title">Gp.</span>14.7.17. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">quill</b> of the porcupine, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>12.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">d</span> = [[πόσθη]], <span class="bibl">Sotad.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">stationary point of a pair of compasses</b>, Vitr.3.1.3: generally, <b class="b2">centre</b> of a circle, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ti.</span>54e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APr.</span>41b15</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐκ τοῦ κ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">εὐθεῖα</b>) <b class="b2">radius</b>, <span class="bibl">Euc.<span class="title">Opt.</span> 34</span>; ὥσπερ κύκλον κέντρῳ περιέγραψαν τὴν πόλιν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Rom.</span>11</span>; τὸ κ. τᾶς σφαίρας <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.100e</span>; τὸ κ. τῆς γῆς <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>52</span>; <b class="b3">κ. βάρεος</b> <b class="b2">centre</b> of gravity, <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Aequil.</span>1</span><span class="title">Def.</span>4: metaph., <b class="b3">κ. καὶ διαστήματι περιγράφειν</b> <b class="b2">circumscribe</b>, Plu.2.513c, 524f. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b2">pin, rivet</b>, <span class="bibl">Paus.10.16.1</span>; <b class="b2">spur, tip</b>, for fixing a machine in the ground, Apollod <span class="title">Poliorc.</span> 144.1. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b3">ῥακτηρίοις κέντροισιν</b>, of <b class="b2">oars</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>802</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">9</span> Astron., <b class="b2">cardinal point</b> on the ecliptic, <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>74</span>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>5.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.50.18</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">10</span> <b class="b2">hard knot</b> in stone, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>5.2.3</span>; <b class="b2">flaw</b> in crystals, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>37.28</span>.</span> | ||
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1418.png Seite 1418]] τό ([[κεντέω]]), 1) ales Stechende, bes. – a) der Stachel, mit welchem die Pferde u. andere Zug- oder Lastthiere angetrieben wurden; [[ἄνευ]] κέντροιο θέοντες ἵπποι Il. 23, 387, vgl. 430; ἡνιοχικά Plat. Phaedr. 254 e; κέντροις καὶ μάστιξιν Legg. VI, 777 a; οὐδὲν φειδόμενος τῶν ἵππων, ἀλλ' ἐξαιματῶν τῷ κέντρῳ, mit dem Sporn, Xen. Cyr. 7, 1, 15; κέντρα διωξικέλευθα Philodem. 27 (VI, 246);für Rinder, = [[βουπλήξ]], Plut. Mar. 27; πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν, gegen den Stachel löken, Pind. P. 2, 94; Eur. Bacch. 294; vgl. [[οὔκουν]] πρὸς κέντρα [[κῶλον]] ἐκτενεῖς Aesch. Prom. 323. – b) eine Stachelknute, als Züchtigungs- oder Marterwerkzeug, Her. 3, 130; vgl. Schol. Ar. Nubb. 449. – c) der Sporn der Hähne, Geop. – d) der Stachel des Stachelschweins, Ael. N. A. 12, 26; der Skorpionen, der Wespen, Bienen u. dergl., Arist. part. anim. 4, 5; übertr., τὰ κέντρα ἐγκατέλιπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις Eupol. bei Schol. Ar. Ach. 529; ὥςπερ [[μέλιττα]] τὸ [[κέντρον]] ἐγκαταλιπών Plat. Phaed. 91 c. – e) die Spitze an der Lanze, Pol. 6, 22, 4. – f) oft übertr., Stachel, Sporn zu Etwas, Reiz, Antrieb, auch Stachel, Spitze der Rede; δείματ' ἀμφήκει κέντρῳ ψύχειν ψυχὰν ἐμάν Aesch. Prom. 694, vgl. Eum. 152. 405; εἰ μή τι [[κέντρον]] [[θεῖον]] ἦγ' ὑμᾶς ἐμοῦ, Verlangen nach mir, Soph. Phil. 1028; vom Schmerz, Tr. 836; ἐκπεπληγμένη κέντρονς ἔρωτος Eur. Hipp. 39, vgl. 1303; [[κέντρων]] καὶ ὠδίνων ἔληξεν Plat. Phaedr. 251 e; τὰ [[μέλη]] [[κέντρον]] ἔχειν ἐγερτικὸν θυμοῦ Plut. Lyc. 21. – 2) der Mittelpunkt, in den man mit dem einen Zirkelfuß hineinsticht, wenn man einen Kreis beschreiben will, das Centrum; Plat. Rep. IV, 436 d; Mathem.; κύκλον κέντρῳ περιγράφειν Plut. Rom. 11. – Daher auch im Holz oder Stein eine harte Stelle, ein harter Kern, Theophr. | |||
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English (LSJ)
τό, (κεντέω)
A any sharp point: 1 horse-goad, [ἵπποι] ἄνευ κέντροιο θέοντες Il.23.387, cf. 430, Ar.Nu.1297, X.Cyr.7.1.29, etc.; διπλοῖς κέντροισι S.OT809; ὄνειδος ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου μεσολαβεῖ κ. A.Eu.157 (lyr.): post-Hom., ox-goad (Hom. βουπλήξ), used as an instrument of torture, Hdt.3.130; κέντροις καὶ μάστιξιν Pl.Lg.777a: prov., πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν (v. λακτίζω 2); δεῖ . . κέντρου πολλάκις, οὕτω δὲ καὶ χαλινοῦ Longin.2.2; as a symbol of sovereignty, λαβὼν . . χερσὶν κέντρα κηδεύει πόλιν S.Fr.683. b metaph., goad, spur, incentive, Pi.Fr.124.4, A.Pr.691 (lyr.); ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κ. ὡς μητροκτονεῖν; Id.Eu.427; κέντροις ἔρωτος E.Hipp.39, cf.1303; πόθου κ. Pl.R.573a; κέντρα καὶ ὠδῖνες Id.Phdr.251e; κ. ἐγερτικὸν θυμοῦ Plu.Lyc.21; κέντρα πτολέμοιο, of the Argives, Orac. ap. Sch.Theoc.14.48; κ. ἐμοῦ desire for me, S.Ph.1039. 2 metaph., in pl., tortures, pangs, Id.Tr.840 (lyr.): sg., τὸ κ. τοῦ θανάτου ἡ ἁμαρτία 1 Ep.Cor.15.56. 3 point of a spear, Plb.6.22.4: pl., of the περόναι with which Oedipus pierced his eyes, S.OT1318. 4 peg of a top, Pl.R. 436d. 5 of animals, a sting of bees and wasps, Ar.V.225, 407 (lyr.), al.; of scorpions, Arist.PA683a12 (so of the constellation Scorpio, Arat.505): hence, metaph., of malicious persons, ἐς τοὺς ἔχοντας κέντρ' ἀφιᾶσιν E.Supp.242; πορεύεται, ὥσπερ σκορπίος, ἠρκὼς τὸ κ. D.25.52; of Pericles as an orator, τὸ κ. ἐγκατέλειπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις Eup.94.7; of Socrates, ὥσπερ μέλιττα τὸ κ. ἐγκαταλιπών Pl.Phd.91c; οἷον ὀφθαλμῷ κ. ἐνθεῖσα Philostr.Im.2.1; βλέμματος κ. Onomarch. ap. Philostr.VS2.18. b spur of a cock, Gp.14.7.17. c quill of the porcupine, Ael.NA12.26. d = πόσθη, Sotad.1. 6 stationary point of a pair of compasses, Vitr.3.1.3: generally, centre of a circle, Pl. Ti.54e, Arist.APr.41b15, al.; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ κ. (sc. εὐθεῖα) radius, Euc.Opt. 34; ὥσπερ κύκλον κέντρῳ περιέγραψαν τὴν πόλιν Plu.Rom.11; τὸ κ. τᾶς σφαίρας Ti.Locr.100e; τὸ κ. τῆς γῆς Ptol.Tetr.52; κ. βάρεος centre of gravity, Archim.Aequil.1Def.4: metaph., κ. καὶ διαστήματι περιγράφειν circumscribe, Plu.2.513c, 524f. 7 pin, rivet, Paus.10.16.1; spur, tip, for fixing a machine in the ground, Apollod Poliorc. 144.1. 8 ῥακτηρίοις κέντροισιν, of oars, S.Fr.802. 9 Astron., cardinal point on the ecliptic, Ptol.Tetr.74, S.E.M.5.12, Vett.Val.50.18, etc. 10 hard knot in stone, Thphr.HP5.2.3; flaw in crystals, Plin.HN37.28.
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[Seite 1418] τό (κεντέω), 1) ales Stechende, bes. – a) der Stachel, mit welchem die Pferde u. andere Zug- oder Lastthiere angetrieben wurden; ἄνευ κέντροιο θέοντες ἵπποι Il. 23, 387, vgl. 430; ἡνιοχικά Plat. Phaedr. 254 e; κέντροις καὶ μάστιξιν Legg. VI, 777 a; οὐδὲν φειδόμενος τῶν ἵππων, ἀλλ' ἐξαιματῶν τῷ κέντρῳ, mit dem Sporn, Xen. Cyr. 7, 1, 15; κέντρα διωξικέλευθα Philodem. 27 (VI, 246);für Rinder, = βουπλήξ, Plut. Mar. 27; πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν, gegen den Stachel löken, Pind. P. 2, 94; Eur. Bacch. 294; vgl. οὔκουν πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον ἐκτενεῖς Aesch. Prom. 323. – b) eine Stachelknute, als Züchtigungs- oder Marterwerkzeug, Her. 3, 130; vgl. Schol. Ar. Nubb. 449. – c) der Sporn der Hähne, Geop. – d) der Stachel des Stachelschweins, Ael. N. A. 12, 26; der Skorpionen, der Wespen, Bienen u. dergl., Arist. part. anim. 4, 5; übertr., τὰ κέντρα ἐγκατέλιπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις Eupol. bei Schol. Ar. Ach. 529; ὥςπερ μέλιττα τὸ κέντρον ἐγκαταλιπών Plat. Phaed. 91 c. – e) die Spitze an der Lanze, Pol. 6, 22, 4. – f) oft übertr., Stachel, Sporn zu Etwas, Reiz, Antrieb, auch Stachel, Spitze der Rede; δείματ' ἀμφήκει κέντρῳ ψύχειν ψυχὰν ἐμάν Aesch. Prom. 694, vgl. Eum. 152. 405; εἰ μή τι κέντρον θεῖον ἦγ' ὑμᾶς ἐμοῦ, Verlangen nach mir, Soph. Phil. 1028; vom Schmerz, Tr. 836; ἐκπεπληγμένη κέντρονς ἔρωτος Eur. Hipp. 39, vgl. 1303; κέντρων καὶ ὠδίνων ἔληξεν Plat. Phaedr. 251 e; τὰ μέλη κέντρον ἔχειν ἐγερτικὸν θυμοῦ Plut. Lyc. 21. – 2) der Mittelpunkt, in den man mit dem einen Zirkelfuß hineinsticht, wenn man einen Kreis beschreiben will, das Centrum; Plat. Rep. IV, 436 d; Mathem.; κύκλον κέντρῳ περιγράφειν Plut. Rom. 11. – Daher auch im Holz oder Stein eine harte Stelle, ein harter Kern, Theophr.
