Κένταυρος

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. 11), 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 don't 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.