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κενταυρίς

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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus
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Full diacritics: κενταυρίς Medium diacritics: κενταυρίς Low diacritics: κενταυρίς Capitals: ΚΕΝΤΑΥΡΙΣ
Transliteration A: kentaurís Transliteration B: kentauris Transliteration C: kentavris Beta Code: kentauri/s

English (LSJ)

ίδος, ἡ, A = κενταύρειον τὸ μικρόν, Thphr.HP9.8.7, 9.14.1. II a kind of earring, Com.Adesp.1034 (pl.). III female Centaur, Philostr.Im.2.3.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κενταυρίς: -ίδος, ἡ, = κενταύριον, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. 9. 8, 7. ΙΙ. εἶδος ἐνωτίου, Κωμ. Ἀποσπ. 5, σ. 398, Πολυδ. Ε΄, 97.

Greek Monolingual

κενταυρίς, ἡ (Α) κένταυρος
1. το φυτό μικρό κενταύριο
2. είδος σκουλαρικιού
3. θηλ. του κένταυρος, η κενταυρίδα.

German (Pape)

ἡ, eine Pflanzengattung mit mehreren Arten, Hippocr., Theophr., Diosc.