mantĭchō^ra — Lewis & Short
mantĭchō^ra, ae, f., = mantixw/ras and mantixo/ras,
I a fabulous Indian beast, with a human face, a lion's body, and a scorpion's tail, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 75; 8, 30, 45, § 107; Calp. Ecl. 7, 58.
The corpus record — Latin
mantichora
mantichora · f
a fabulous Indian beast, with a human face, a lion's body, and a scorpion's tail
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- mantichoris Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.8.p47
- mantichoram Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.30.p2
- mantichoran Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.21.p1
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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