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Chiron

Chiron · m

one of the Centaurs

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Where it lives

Praefatiunculae 1 · 18.25/10k
Achilleis 12 · 16.66/10k
Epistularum 1 · 12.5/10k
Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Silvae 4 · 1.6/10k
Thyestes 1 · 1.59/10k
Troades 1 · 1.47/10k
Hercules 1 · 1.31/10k
Argonautica 4 · 1.08/10k
Fasti 3 · 0.96/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Chīron — Lewis & Short

Chīron (Chīro, Liv. Andron. ap. Fest. s. v. ocrem, p. 181), ōnis, m., = *xei/rwn,

nom.

I one of the Centaurs, distinguished for his knowledge of plants, medicine, and divination, son of Saturn and Philyra (hence, Philyrides Chiron, Verg. G. 3, 550), the tutor of Æsculapius (Ov. M. 2, 630 sq.), Hercules, Achilles, Jason, etc.; at last translated to heaven as a constellation, Hyg. Praef. and Fab. 274; id. Astr. 2, 38; Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 91; 3, 550; 4, 270; acc. Gr. Chirona, Ov. M. 6, 126.—As a constellation, Luc. 9, 536.—

II Hence,

A Chīrō-nīus or -ēus, a, um, adj., named after Chiron (the physician and botanist).—So subst.: chīrōnīa, ae (sc. herba), a name of several plants: pyxacanthos, Plin. 24, 14, 77, § 125: panaces, id. 25, 4, 13, § 32: ampelos, id. 25, 4, 16, § 34: vitis nigra, id. 23, 1, 17, § 27: Chironium vulnus, Cels. 5, 28, 5; App. Herb. 22: Chironion, a plant, i. q. Centaurion, q. v., Plin. 25, 6, 31, § 66.—*

B Chīrōnĭcus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Chiron: ars, Sid. Ep. 2, 12 fin.

In the wild

Chiron Claudian, Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti pr.5
Chiron Statius, Achilleis 1.631
Chironis Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.630
Chironis Ausonius, Praefatiunculae 1.31
Chiron Ovid, Fasti 5.413
Chiron Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 1.17

6 of 50 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Chiron (scan p. 337; entry #5316).

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