I.centaury, a plant of two kinds: majus, Centaurea centaurium, Linn.; and minus, Gentiana centaurium, id.; Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66: “ferum,” Lucr. 2, 401: “tristia,” id. 4, 124: “Thessala,” Luc. 9, 918; Verg. G. 4, 270.
centaurēum or -ĭon , i, n. (access. form centaurĭa , ae, f., App. Herb. 34 and 35), = κενταύρειον and κενταύριον,