Κένταυρος,ὁ(in Luc. Zeux. 4 alsoἡ),Centaur:
I. in Ep. , a savage race, dwelling between Pelion and Ossa, Il. 11.832 , Od. 21.295 sq. (opp.ἄνδρες, ib. 303 ), Hes. Sc. 184 , h.Merc. 224 (perh. in signf. 11 ), Batr. 171 : hence,brigands, Hsch.
II. later, monsters of double shape,half-man and half-horse, Pi. P. 2.44 , etc., cf. Arist. Insomn. 461b20 , D.S. 4.69 : prov.,οὐ παρὰ Κενταύροισι'we don't live in fairyland', Telecl. 45 .
III. the constellationCentaurus, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20 .
IV.
= παιδεραστής , from the brutal sensuality ascribed to the Centaurs, Hsch.
2. the pudenda, Theopomp.Com. 89 .