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
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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..." - T
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..." - P
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..."