hippocentaurus
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
hippŏcentaurus: i, m., = ἱπποκέϝταυπος,
I a fabulous creature, half horse and half man, hippocentaur, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90; Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 35: si quis rem quae in rerum natura non est aut esse non potest, velut hippocentaurum stipuletur, Gai. Inst. 3, 97 a.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
hippŏcentaurus, ī, m. (ἱπποκένταυρος), hippocentaure, centaure : Cic. Tusc. 1, 90.
Latin > German (Georges)
hippocentaurus, ī, m. (ἱπποκένταυρος), der Hippozentaur, ein fabelhaftes Geschöpf, halb Mensch, halb Pferd, Cic. Tusc. 1, 90 u.a. Plin. 7, 35. Quint. 6, 3, 90. Schol. Iuven. 3, 205 (wo ippoc.). Not. Tir. 108, 34.
Latin > English
hippocentaurus hippocentauri N M :: centaur
