centaur
n. fabled monster being half man and half horse (Greek Mythology) | ||||
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Centaur Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Centaur
(n.)
A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
(n.)
A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.
(n.)
A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
(n.)
A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.
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Centaur
Noun
1. a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross
(synonym) Centaurus, The Centaur
(hypernym) constellation
(member-meronym) Alpha Centauri, Rigil Kent, Rigil
Noun
1. a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross
(synonym) Centaurus, The Centaur
(hypernym) constellation
(member-meronym) Alpha Centauri, Rigil Kent, Rigil
centaur
Noun
1. (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
(hypernym) mythical monster, mythical creature
(classification) classical mythology
| The Devil's Dictionary |
CENTAUR
Centaur, (n.)
One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of differentiation, and who followed the primitive economic maxim, "Every man his own horse." The best of the lot was Chiron, who to the wisdom and virtues of the horse added the fleetness of man. The scripture story of the head of John the Baptist on a charger shows that pagan myths have somewhat sophisticated sacred history.
Centaur, (n.)
One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of differentiation, and who followed the primitive economic maxim, "Every man his own horse." The best of the lot was Chiron, who to the wisdom and virtues of the horse added the fleetness of man. The scripture story of the head of John the Baptist on a charger shows that pagan myths have somewhat sophisticated sacred history.
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centaur
centaur
\cen"taur\ (s&ebreve;n"t&add;r), n. [l. centaurus, gr. ke`ntayros.]
1. (class. myth.) a fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
2. (astron.) a constellation in the southern heavens between hydra and the southern cross.
centaur
n
1. (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
2. a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the southern cross [syn: centaurus, centaur, the centaur ]
similar words(1)
the centaur
centaur
\cen"taur\ (s&ebreve;n"t&add;r), n. [l. centaurus, gr. ke`ntayros.]
1. (class. myth.) a fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
2. (astron.) a constellation in the southern heavens between hydra and the southern cross.
centaur
n
1. (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
2. a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the southern cross [syn: centaurus, centaur, the centaur ]
similar words(1)
the centaur
Centaur Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The Harry Potter Glossary |
Centaur
A mythical creature that is half-horse and half-man. It has the body and legs of a horse, but the arms and face of a man.
A mythical creature that is half-horse and half-man. It has the body and legs of a horse, but the arms and face of a man.
Centaur Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Centaur
In Greek mythology, the Centaurs (Greek: Κένταυροι) are a race of creatures composed of part human and part horse. In early Attic vase-paintings, they are depicted as the torso of a human joined at the (human's) waist to the horse's withers, where the horse's neck would be.
This half-human and half-animal composition has led many writers to treat them as liminal beings, caught between the two natures, embodied in contrasted myths, and as the embodiment of untamed nature, as in their battle with the Lapiths, or conversely as teachers, like Chiron.
The centaurs descended from Centaurus, who mated with the Magnesian mares. Centaurus was the son of either Ixion and Nephele (the cloud made in the image of Hera) or of Apollo and Stilbe, daughter of the river god Peneus. In the latter version of the story his twin brother was Lapithus, ancestor of the Lapiths, thus making the two warring peoples cousins.
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