MANTICHORA

MANTICHORA
MANTICHORA
ex inusitatis et Europae invisis Indiae animalibus, triplici ordine dentium pectinatim coeuntium, facie et auriculis hominis, oculis glaucis, colore sanguineô, corpore leonis, caudâ scorpionis modo spicula infigens: vocis, ut si misceatur fistulae et tubae, concentus: velocitatis magnae, humani corporis vel praecipue appetens, ex Ctesia, describitur Plinio l. 8. c. 21. Vide et Aelianum Histor. Animal. Eusebium in Hieroclem, Pausan. Baeoticis, alios. Contra, Iarchas Rex Indorum, apud Philostratum l. 3.
c. 14. de hac prodigiosa fera rogatus, negat se quidquam inaudiisse. At in palatio Sereniss. Bavariae Electoris, cum essigie Alexandri M. inspexisse se, memorat Cl. Raderus Not. ad Curtium l. 8 c. 9.

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  • mantichora — man·ti·cho·ra …   English syllables

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  • manticore — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin mantichora, from Greek mantichōras Date: 14th century a legendary animal with the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the tail of a dragon or scorpion …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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