1. κέντρων · kentrōn — Beekes
κέντρων 1, -wvog [m.] ‘rogue’ (S. Fr. 329, Ar. Nu. 450). eETYM From κέντρον; see » Kevtéw. Originally meant “who bears the mark of the KEVTpOG”. — [Beekes, s.v. κέντρων, p. 720]
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κέντρον
kentron
rogue
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Where it lives
- Wasps 6 · 6.17/10k
- Osee 2 · 5.31/10k
- Heracles 4 · 5.11/10k
- Prometheus Bound 3 · 5.1/10k
- Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
- 1 Corinthians 2 · 2.96/10k
- Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
- Phaedrus 4 · 2.41/10k
- Enneads 51 · 2.41/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
- Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
- Clouds 2 · 2.08/10k
Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. κέντρων · kentrōn — Beekes
κέντρων 2, -ωνος [m.] “piece of patchwork’ (Hell.). «τὴν Lat.> *DER KEVTpwvapLov (pap. -Opiov) mg. unknown (POxy. 2, 326 [I?]). *ETYM From Lat. cento ‘id.’ and adapted to κέντρον. It cannot be established whether » κέντρων 1 had any influence. — [Beekes, s.v. κέντρων, p. 720]
3. κέντρον · kentron — Chantraine
κέντρον pièce d'étoffe faite de morceaux de diverses couleurs, rapiécée (Biton, 111° ou rie s. av., etc.), peut-être chiffon pour essuyer les plumes (P. Oxy. 326, τὸς s. après), d’où κεντρωνάριον ibid.; enfin, en grec tardif (Eust.), cenion fait de morceaux de divers auteurs; c’est, d'après la chronologie, lat. centô qui pourrait être emprunté au grec, et non l'inverse (?) ; autre hypothèse de Belardi, Ricerche … — [Chantraine, s.v. κέντρον, p. 529]
4. κέντρων · kentrōn — Frisk
1. κέντρων, -wvos m. eig. „der den Stachel verdient‘, "Spitzbube’ (S. Fr. 329, Ar. Nu. 450). — Von κέντρον, 8. κεντέω. — [Frisk, s.v. κέντρων, p. 853]
5. κέντρων · kentrōn — Frisk
2. κέντρων, -wvos m. “Lumpenrock, Flickwerk usw.’ (hell. u. spät); davon κεντρωνάριον (Pap. -ὄόριον) Bed. unbekannt (POxy. 2, 326 [IP]). — Aus lat. centö ‘ds. entlehnt unter Anlehnung an κέντρον („der zerstochen ist“); ob auch 1. κέντρων dabei mitgewirkt hat, bleibt bei der abweichenden Bedeutung ganz fraglich. xenpos m. N. eines unbekannten Wasservogels, gewöhnlich, aber ohne eigentlichen Grund, mit dem Sturmvogel, … — [Frisk, s.v. κέντρων, p. 853]
6. κέντρων · kentrōn — Frisk
2. κέντρων. Dazu und zu lat. centö ausführlich Belardi Ric. ling. 4 (1958) 29-57 mit weit ausgreifenden Kombinationen und reicher Lit. — [Frisk, s.v. κέντρων, p. 2250]
7. κέντρον · kentron — LSJ
any sharp point
any sharp point:
1 horse-goad, ox-goad
horse-goad, [ἵπποι] ἄνευ κέντροιο θέοντες Il. 23.387, cf. 430, Ar. Nu. 1297, X. Cyr. 7.1.29, etc.; διπλοῖς κέντροισι S. OT 809; ὄνειδος ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου μεσολαβεῖ κ. A. Eu. 157 (lyr.): post-Hom., ox-goad (Hom. βουπλήξ), used as an instrument of torture, Hdt. 3.130; κέντροις καὶ μάστιξιν Pl. Lg. 777a: prov., πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν (v. λακτίζω 2); δεῖ . . κέντρου πολλάκις, οὕτω δὲ καὶ χαλινοῦ Longin. 2.2; as a symbol of sovereignty, λαβὼν . . χερσὶν κέντρα κηδεύει πόλιν S. Fr. 683.
b goad, spur, incentive, desire for
metaph., goad, spur, incentive, Pi. Fr. 124.4, A. Pr. 691 (lyr.); ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κ. ὡς μητροκτονεῖν; Id. Eu. 427; κέντροις ἔρωτος E. Hipp. 39, cf. 1303; πόθου κ. Pl. R. 573a; κέντρα καὶ ὠδῖνες Id. Phdr. 251e; κ. ἐγερτικὸν θυμοῦ Plu. Lyc. 21; κέντρα πτολέμοιο, of the Argives, Orac. ap. Sch. Theoc. 14.48; κ. ἐμοῦ desire for me, S. Ph. 1039.
2 tortures, pangs
metaph., in pl., tortures, pangs, Id. Tr. 840 (lyr.): sg., τὸ κ. τοῦ θανάτου ἡ ἁμαρτία 1 Ep.Cor. 15.56.
3 point
point of a spear, Plb. 6.22.4: pl., of the περόναι with which Oedipus pierced his eyes, S. OT 1318.
4 peg
peg of a top, Pl. R. 436d.
5
of animals,
a sting, Scorpio
sting of bees and wasps, Ar. V. 225, 407 (lyr.), al.; of scorpions, Arist. PA 683a12 (so of the constellation Scorpio, Arat. 505): hence, metaph., of malicious persons, ἐς τοὺς ἔχοντας κέντρʼ ἀφιᾶσιν E. Supp. 242; πορεύεται, ὥσπερ σκορπίος, ἠρκὼς τὸ κ. D. 25.52; of Pericles as an orator, τὸ κ. ἐγκατέλειπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις Eup. 94.7; of Socrates, ὥσπερ μέλιττα τὸ κ. ἐγκαταλιπών Pl. Phd. 91c; οἷον ὀφθαλμῷ κ. ἐνθεῖσα Philostr. Im. 2.1; βλέμματος κ. Onomarch. ap. Philostr. VS 2.18.
b spur
spur of a cock, Gp. 14.7.17.
c quill
quill of the porcupine, Ael. NA 12.26.
d
= πόσθη, Sotad. 1.
6 stationary point of a pair of compasses, centre, radius, centre, circumscribe
stationary point of a pair of compasses, Vitr. 3.1.3: generally, centre of a circle, Pl. Ti. 54e, Arist. APr. 41b15, al.; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ κ. (sc. εὐθεῖα) radius, Euc. Opt. 34; ὥσπερ κύκλον κέντρῳ περιέγραψαν τὴν πόλιν Plu. Rom. 11; τὸ κ. τᾶς σφαίρας Ti.Locr. 100e; τὸ κ. τῆς γῆς Ptol. Tetr. 52; κ. βάρεος centre of gravity, Archim. Aequil. 1Def. 4: metaph., κ. καὶ διαστήματι περιγράφειν circumscribe, Plu. Garr. 2.513c, Cupid. 524f.
7 pin, rivet, spur, tip
pin, rivet, Paus. 10.16.1; spur, tip, for fixing a machine in the ground, Apollod. Poliorc. 144.1.
8 oars
ῥακτηρίοις κέντροισιν, of oars, S. Fr. 802.
9 cardinal point
Astron., cardinal point on the ecliptic, Ptol. Tetr. 74, S.E. M. 5.12, Vett.Val. 50.18, etc.
10 hard knot, flaw
hard knot in stone, Thphr. HP 5.2.3; flaw in crystals, Plin. HN 37.28.
8. κέντρ-ων · kentr-ōn — LSJ
one that bears the marks of the κέντρον, a rogue that has been put to the torture
one that bears the marks of the κέντρον, a rogue that has been put to the torture, S. Fr. 329, Ar. Nu. 450 (anap.).
II piece of patch-work, rag, pen-wiper, copy of verses made up of scraps from other authors
piece of patch-work, rag, Bito 55.4, Heras ap. Gal. 13.1044, Sch. Ar. Nu. 449; perh. pen-wiper, POxy. 326 (i A.D.): hence, copy of verses made up of scraps from other authors, Eust. 1099.51, 1308 fin.
In the wild
- κέντρα · kentra Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1624
- κέντρῳ · kentrōi Aeschylus, Eumenides 155–157
- κέντρον · kentron Aeschylus, Eumenides 427
- κέντροις · kentrois Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 597–599
- κέντρα · kentra Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 324–326
- κέντρῳ · kentrōi Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 688–692
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κέντρον (scan p. 720; entry #3066).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κέντρον (scan p. 529; entry #3835).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κέντρον (scan p. 853; entry #2918).
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