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centaurus

centaurus [CL < κένταυρος] , centaur. b (astr.). Centauri victor opimus Aldh. VirgV 1343; ~us vel ippocentaurus, healf man and healf hors Ælf. Gl.; venienti ‥ e transverso affuit currens ~us, animal duplex, homo ab imo pectoris, equus inferius Map NC II 15; 12‥ ~i fuerunt armigeri Achillis (Sculp. Lap.) Arch. XXX 450.  b Serpens, Centaurus et Argo R. Cant. Malch. V 43.

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