centaureum

centaurēum or -ĭon, i, n. (access. form centaurĭa, ae, f., App. Herb. 34 and 35), = κενταύρειον and κενταύριον,

• centaury, a plant of two kinds: majus, Centaurea centaurium, Linn.; and minus, Gentiana centaurium, id.; Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66: ferum, Lucr. 2, 401: tristia, id. 4, 124: Thessala, Luc. 9, 918; Verg. G. 4, 270.

centaurēum, ī, n. u. centaurium, ī, n. (κενταύρειον, κενταύριον), Tausendgüldenkraut, α) Form -eum, nur Gargil. Mart. med. 18: Plur., Lucr. 4, 123. Verg. georg. 4, 270. Lucan. 9, 918. – β) Form -ium, Lucr. 2, 401. Plin. 25, 66: centaurium maius (Centaurea Centaurium, L.) u. minus (Gentiana Centaurium, L.), Plin. 25, 66 sq. – Nbf. centauria, ae, f. (κενταυρία), Plin. Sec. 2, 26. Cass. Fel. 1 u. 21. Isid. 17, 9, 33. Ps. Apul. herb. 34 sq.

centaurēum, (14) ī, n. Virg. G. 4, 270, centaurium, iī, n. , Plin. 25, 66 et centaurĭa, æ, f. Isid. Orig. 17, 9, 33, centaurée [plante].

centaurēum ī, n, κενταύρειον

• Centaurus; because used by Chiron to heal the foot of Hercules, the centaureum, a medicinal plant of Thessaly, V.