Meaning of centauress | Babel Free

Definitions

A female centaur.

Equivalents

Examples

“1575. A CENTAURESS ſuckling a child. Cornelian.”

“a Centaureſs with a young Man, ſhe holds a cymbal of gilt-bronze, the thrones of Venus and Mars, with their attributes, are in the fame picture”

“On a grass-plot of the most glossy verdure lies the centauress, with the whole equine part of her stretched on the ground, the hind feet extending backwards: while the upper female part is gently raised, and reclining on one elbow.”

“we see⟳, from the emptied drinking-vessel of the Centauress before us, that the God did not neglect⟳ to requite them for their zeal”

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