hippocentaurus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.

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