hippocentaurus
hippocentaurus, a fabulous creature, half horse and half man, hippocentaur
hippŏcentaurus, i, m., = ἱπποκέϝταυπος,
- a fabulous creature, half horse and half man, hippocentaur, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; id. Tusc. 1, 37, 90; Plin. 7, 3, 3, § 35: si quis rem quae in rerum natura non est aut esse non potest, velut hippocentaurum stipuletur, Gai. Inst. 3, 97 a.
hippocentaurus, ī, m. (ἱπποκένταυρος), der Hippozentaur, ein fabelhaftes Geschöpf, halb Mensch, halb Pferd, Cic. Tusc. 1, 90 u.a. Plin. 7, 35. Quint. 6, 3, 90. Schol. Iuven. 3, 205 (wo ippoc.). Not. Tir. 108, 34.
ypocentauri [v. l. epocentauri ] equorum et hominum commixtam naturam habent
ypocentaurus, monstrum ex parte homo et ex parte equus
nullus homo vidit unquam hominem veraciter ex toto esse similem bestie ‥ sed ‥ possibile est ‥ ut fuit ipocentaurus et minotaurus
hippŏcentaurus, ī, m. (ἱπποκένταυρος), hippocentaure, centaure : Cic. Tusc. 1, 90.
hippocentaurus ī, m
- , ἱπποκένταυρος, a fabulous creature, half horse and half man, hippocentaur.
Hippocentaurus
(ἱπποκένταυρος). A horse-centaur, half-horse and half-man (Cic. N. D. ii. 2), as opposed to the fish-centaur, half-man and half-fish (ἰχθυοκένταυρος), under which form the giants who waged war against the gods, were represented (Apollod.i.6.1). See centaurus.