centaurea
Dictionary entries
- Entry →centaureum, centaurei:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
centaury (herb); (of medicinal properties discovered by centaur Chiron);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...comas Eoaque costos et panacea potens et Thessala centaurea peucedanonque sonant flammis Erycinaque thapsos, et larices fumoque grauem..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...acrem, panaces absinthia taetra habrotonique graves et tristia centaurea, quorum unum quidvis leviter si forte duobus * * * quin potius..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...vite racemos Cecropiumque thymum et grave olentia centaurea. Est etiam flos in pratis, cui nomen amello fecere agricolae..."