ἰχθυοκένταυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) + κένταυρος (kéntauros, “monsters of double shape”).

Noun

ἰχθυοκένταυρος • (ikhthuokéntauros) m (genitive ἰχθυοκενταῦρου); second declension

half-man and half-fish

References

ἰχθυοκένταυρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κένταυρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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