Κένταυρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ (in Luc.Zeux.4 also ἡ), [[Centaur]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> in Ep., a [[savage]] [[race]], dwelling between [[Pelion]] and [[Ossa]], Il.11.832, Od.21.295 sq. (opp. [[ἄνδρες]], ib.303), Hes.Sc.184, h.Merc.224 (perhaps in signf. ''ΙΙ''), Batr.171: hence, [[brigand]]s, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">II</span> later, [[monster]]s of [[double]] [[shape]], [[half-man and half-horse]], Pi.P.2.44, etc., cf. Arist. Insomn.461b20, D.S.4.69: [[proverb|prov.]], [[οὐ παρὰ Κενταύροισι]] '[[we don't live in fairyland]]', Telecl.45.<br><span class="bld">III</span> the [[constellation]] [[Centaurus]], Eudox. ap.Hipparch.1.2.20.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> = [[παιδεραστής]], from the [[brutal]] [[sensuality]] ascribed to the [[Centaur]]s, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">2</span> the [[pudenda]], Theopomp.Com.89.