hippocentaurus
Μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible
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
