hippocentaurn.

Brit.

/ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈsɛntɔː/, U.S.

/ˌhɪpəˈsɛnˌtɔr/,

/ˌhɪpoʊˈsɛnˌtɔr/

Forms:

α. Old English ypocentauris (dative plural), Middle English ypocentaurus, 1500s hyppocentaurus, 1500s–1600s hippocentauri (plural), 1500s–1600s hippocentaurus.

β. 1500s–1700s hippocentaure, 1600s hypocentaure, 1600s hyppocentaure, 1600s– hippocentaur.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin hippocentaurus.

Etymology: < classical Latin hippocentaurus (in post-classical Latin also ippocentaurus ) < ancient Greek ἱπποκένταυρος ( < ἱππο- hippo- comb. form + κένταυρος centaur n.; opposed to ἰχθυοκένταυρος fish-centaur).With the β. forms compare Middle French, French hippocentaure (late 15th cent. as ypocentaure ). In the Old English form ypocentauris (see α. forms) after the Latin dative plural.

Originally Greek Mythology.

A mythical creature with the body and legs of a horse and the head, arms, and torso of a human being (typically a man); a centaur.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > of classical mythology > centaur

centaureOE

hippocentaurOE

sagittary1509

onocentaur1523

Sagittariusa1592

half-horse1605

centauress1754

OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) lxiii. 303 Hi sind gelice ypocentauris [L. ypocentauris similes sunt], þa ne synt naðer ne hors ne men, ac synt gemenged.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxix. 1231 Ypocentaurus is a beste wonderfulliche yschape in þe whiche is acounted þe kynde of man and of an hors.

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. E 3^v I coniure ye phillip sparow..wt a venomows arow Slew of the epidawris One of the centawris Or onocentauris Or hippocentaurus.

1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 37 a He affirmeth, that he did se an Hippocentaure.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. iii. 157 In Thessalie there was borne a monster called an Hippocentaure [Fr. Hippocentaure].

1677 J. Dryden Authors Apol. Heroique Poetry in State Innocence Pref. sig. c But how are Poetical Fictions, how are Hippocentaures and Chymæras..to be Imag'd?

1734 W. Williams Some Thoughts on Christianity as Old as Creation 22 Who now believes there ever were such creatures as an Hippocentaur, or a Chimera?

1814 Brit. Crit. Apr. 434 I beg leave to lay before your readers some accounts of a hippocentaur, which seem to be so well attested, that they might stagger the incredulity of Palaephatus himself.

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iii. 213 If one stipulate for something that can have no existence, such as a hippocentaur, the stipulation is equally useless.

1914 M. Jastrow Babylonian–Assyrian Birth-omens 63 The Hippocentaur in various forms also appears in the Babylonian art of the Cassite period.

1998 Church Hist. 67 15 Women's Vitae contain fewer exotic details than do those of male ascetics: no hippocentaurs, no friendly lions to dig their graves.

Derivatives

hippocenˈtauric adj. reminiscent of a hippocentaur, esp. in being formed from a combination of disparate or incongruous elements. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [adjective] > of nature of a centaur

hippocentauric1614

centaurian1660

centauric1816

centaurial1883

1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede 40 Wee finde, in the same Decree, another..immediately annexed, though as disproportionable to the former..as a mans head to an horses necke, both as vnsutable to their intended conclusion, as a super addition of finnes or feathers would be, to such a monstrous Hippocentaurique combination.

1996 Speculum 71 749 Prosimetrum, the literary form that mixes verse and prose into a hippocentauric whole, poses an interesting literary-historical problem.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hippocentaur
释义	hippocentaurn. Brit. /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈsɛntɔː/, U.S. /ˌhɪpəˈsɛnˌtɔr/, /ˌhɪpoʊˈsɛnˌtɔr/ Forms: α. Old English ypocentauris (dative plural), Middle English ypocentaurus, 1500s hyppocentaurus, 1500s–1600s hippocentauri (plural), 1500s–1600s hippocentaurus. β. 1500s–1700s hippocentaure, 1600s hypocentaure, 1600s hyppocentaure, 1600s– hippocentaur. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin hippocentaurus. Etymology: < classical Latin hippocentaurus (in post-classical Latin also ippocentaurus ) < ancient Greek ἱπποκένταυρος ( < ἱππο- hippo- comb. form + κένταυρος centaur n.; opposed to ἰχθυοκένταυρος fish-centaur).With the β. forms compare Middle French, French hippocentaure (late 15th cent. as ypocentaure ). In the Old English form ypocentauris (see α. forms) after the Latin dative plural. Originally Greek Mythology. A mythical creature with the body and legs of a horse and the head, arms, and torso of a human being (typically a man); a centaur. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > of classical mythology > centaur centaureOE hippocentaurOE sagittary1509 onocentaur1523 Sagittariusa1592 half-horse1605 centauress1754 OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) lxiii. 303 Hi sind gelice ypocentauris [L. ypocentauris similes sunt], þa ne synt naðer ne hors ne men, ac synt gemenged. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxix. 1231 Ypocentaurus is a beste wonderfulliche yschape in þe whiche is acounted þe kynde of man and of an hors. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. E 3^v I coniure ye phillip sparow..wt a venomows arow Slew of the epidawris One of the centawris Or onocentauris Or hippocentaurus. 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 37 a He affirmeth, that he did se an Hippocentaure. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. iii. 157 In Thessalie there was borne a monster called an Hippocentaure [Fr. Hippocentaure]. 1677 J. Dryden Authors Apol. Heroique Poetry in State Innocence Pref. sig. c But how are Poetical Fictions, how are Hippocentaures and Chymæras..to be Imag'd? 1734 W. Williams Some Thoughts on Christianity as Old as Creation 22 Who now believes there ever were such creatures as an Hippocentaur, or a Chimera? 1814 Brit. Crit. Apr. 434 I beg leave to lay before your readers some accounts of a hippocentaur, which seem to be so well attested, that they might stagger the incredulity of Palaephatus himself. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iii. 213 If one stipulate for something that can have no existence, such as a hippocentaur, the stipulation is equally useless. 1914 M. Jastrow Babylonian–Assyrian Birth-omens 63 The Hippocentaur in various forms also appears in the Babylonian art of the Cassite period. 1998 Church Hist. 67 15 Women's Vitae contain fewer exotic details than do those of male ascetics: no hippocentaurs, no friendly lions to dig their graves. Derivatives hippocenˈtauric adj. reminiscent of a hippocentaur, esp. in being formed from a combination of disparate or incongruous elements. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [adjective] > of nature of a centaur hippocentauric1614 centaurian1660 centauric1816 centaurial1883 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede 40 Wee finde, in the same Decree, another..immediately annexed, though as disproportionable to the former..as a mans head to an horses necke, both as vnsutable to their intended conclusion, as a super addition of finnes or feathers would be, to such a monstrous Hippocentaurique combination. 1996 Speculum 71 749 Prosimetrum, the literary form that mixes verse and prose into a hippocentauric whole, poses an interesting literary-historical problem. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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