Κένταυρος

Κένταυρος, ὁ (in Luc. Zeux. 4 also ἡ), Centaur: I. 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 (perh. in signf. II), Batr. 171: hence, brigands, Hsch. II. later, monsters of double shape, half-man and half-horse, Pi. P. 2.44, etc., cf. Arist. Insomn. 461b20, D.S. 4.69: prov., οὐ παρὰ Κενταύροισι ‘we donʼt live in fairyland’, Telecl. 45. III. the constellation Centaurus, Eudox. ap.Hipparch. 1.2.20. IV. = παιδεραστής, from the brutal sensuality ascribed to the Centaurs, Hsch. 2. the pudenda, Theopomp.Com. 89.