Chiron: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Chīron</b>: (nom. Chīro, Liv. Andron. ap. Fest. s. v. ocrem, p. 181), ōnis, m., = [[Χείρων]]>,<br /><b>I</b> one of the Centaurs, [[distinguished]] for his [[knowledge]] of plants, [[medicine]], and [[divination]], [[son]] of [[Saturn]] and [[Philyra]] ([[hence]], Philyrides [[Chiron]], Verg. G. 3, 550), the [[tutor]] of Æsculapius (Ov. M. 2, 630 sq.), [[Hercules]], [[Achilles]], [[Jason]], etc.; at [[last]] translated to [[heaven]] as a [[constellation]], Hyg. Praef. and Fab. 274; id. Astr. 2, 38; Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 91; 3, 550; 4, 270; acc. Gr. Chirona, Ov. M. 6, 126.—As a [[constellation]], Luc. 9, 536.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Chīrō-nīus or -ēus, a, um, adj., named [[after]] [[Chiron]] (the [[physician]] and botanist).—So subst.: chīrōnīa, ae (sc. [[herba]]), a [[name]] of [[several]] plants: pyxacanthos, Plin. 24, 14, 77, § 125: panaces, id. 25, 4, 13, § 32: [[ampelos]], id. 25, 4, 16, § 34: [[vitis]] nigra, id. 23, 1, 17, § 27: Chironium [[vulnus]], Cels. 5, 28, 5; App. Herb. 22: Chironion, a [[plant]], i. q. Centaurion, q. v., Plin. 25, 6, 31, § 66.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Chīrōnĭcus, a, um, adj., pertaining to [[Chiron]]: ars, Sid. Ep. 2, 12 fin.>