onocentaurn.

Brit.

/ˌɒnə(ʊ)ˈsɛntɔː/, U.S.

/ˌɑnəˈsɛntɔr/

Forms: 1500s–1600s onocentaure, 1500s– onocentaur.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin onocentaurus (Vetus Latina) < Hellenistic Greek ὀνοκένταυρος (Septuagint) < ancient Greek ὄνος ass (see ass n.¹) + κένταυρος centaur n. Compare Italian onocentauro (a1309 as onocentor), Spanish onocentauro (1535–57), French onocentaure (1673; 1121–34 in Old French in Latinate form onoscentaurus).For earlier use of post-classical Latin onocentaurus in an English context compare the following:OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 52 Onocentaurus, healf mann and healf assa. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 294 Onocentaurus..is a beste wonderlich y-schape and y-gendred bitwen a bole and an asse. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 294 Phisiologus..seiþ þat onocentaurus is compouned of þe schap of a man and an asse.

Greek Mythology.

A centaur with the lower body and legs of an ass, rather than those of a horse.In quot. 1855 an onocentaur may also combine elements of other, non-asinine animal forms.

ΘΚΠ

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

centaureOE

hippocentaurOE

sagittary1509

onocentaur1523

Sagittariusa1592

half-horse1605

centauress1754

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. E3^v One of the centawris Or onocentauris Or hippocentaurus.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 95^v The Onocentaure is a Beast monstrous, halfe a Bull & halfe an Asse.

1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 112 The Onocentaur is a monstrous beast; Supposed halfe a man and halfe an asse.

1613 J. Marston & W. Barksted Insatiate Countesse i I haue not yet swallowed the Rhimatrix nor the Onocentaure, the Rimocheros was monstrous.

a1711 T. Ken Edmund iv, in Wks. (1721) II. 107 Gigantick Onocentaurs there he found, The tallest he in chains of darkness bound.

1845 E. H. Noel tr. J. P. F. Richter Flower Pieces II. xv. 195 The true difference between hippocentaurs and onocentaurs.

1855 Dublin Univ. Mag. 46 284/1 In the centaurs, the onocentaurs, and the hippocentaurs, the human shape is blended with that of the horse, the goat, the monkey, and the fish.

1917 Sci. Monthly Apr. 360 The devil has his counterpart in the dragon, crocodile, onocentaur, the salamander..and the whale.

1954 T. H. White Bk. of Beasts 291 Onocentaur, an ass-man rather than a horse-man.

1987 Speculum 62 547 In the Moralia, he [sc. Gregory the Great] followed Jerome in using the ‘onocentaur’ as a symbol of the debauchee.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	onocentaur
释义	onocentaurn. Brit. /ˌɒnə(ʊ)ˈsɛntɔː/, U.S. /ˌɑnəˈsɛntɔr/ Forms: 1500s–1600s onocentaure, 1500s– onocentaur. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin onocentaurus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin onocentaurus (Vetus Latina) < Hellenistic Greek ὀνοκένταυρος (Septuagint) < ancient Greek ὄνος ass (see ass n.¹) + κένταυρος centaur n. Compare Italian onocentauro (a1309 as onocentor), Spanish onocentauro (1535–57), French onocentaure (1673; 1121–34 in Old French in Latinate form onoscentaurus).For earlier use of post-classical Latin onocentaurus in an English context compare the following:OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 52 Onocentaurus, healf mann and healf assa. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 294 Onocentaurus..is a beste wonderlich y-schape and y-gendred bitwen a bole and an asse. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 294 Phisiologus..seiþ þat onocentaurus is compouned of þe schap of a man and an asse. Greek Mythology. A centaur with the lower body and legs of an ass, rather than those of a horse.In quot. 1855 an onocentaur may also combine elements of other, non-asinine animal forms. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > of classical mythology > centaur centaureOE hippocentaurOE sagittary1509 onocentaur1523 Sagittariusa1592 half-horse1605 centauress1754 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. E3^v One of the centawris Or onocentauris Or hippocentaurus. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 95^v The Onocentaure is a Beast monstrous, halfe a Bull & halfe an Asse. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 112 The Onocentaur is a monstrous beast; Supposed halfe a man and halfe an asse. 1613 J. Marston & W. Barksted Insatiate Countesse i I haue not yet swallowed the Rhimatrix nor the Onocentaure, the Rimocheros was monstrous. a1711 T. Ken Edmund iv, in Wks. (1721) II. 107 Gigantick Onocentaurs there he found, The tallest he in chains of darkness bound. 1845 E. H. Noel tr. J. P. F. Richter Flower Pieces II. xv. 195 The true difference between hippocentaurs and onocentaurs. 1855 Dublin Univ. Mag. 46 284/1 In the centaurs, the onocentaurs, and the hippocentaurs, the human shape is blended with that of the horse, the goat, the monkey, and the fish. 1917 Sci. Monthly Apr. 360 The devil has his counterpart in the dragon, crocodile, onocentaur, the salamander..and the whale. 1954 T. H. White Bk. of Beasts 291 Onocentaur, an ass-man rather than a horse-man. 1987 Speculum 62 547 In the Moralia, he [sc. Gregory the Great] followed Jerome in using the ‘onocentaur’ as a symbol of the debauchee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1523
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