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Centimanes

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of Hecatoncheires.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Roman, plural, plural-only

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Examples

  • 1882, The Chautauquan, Volume 3, Chautauqua Press, page 486, The Titans with the Cyclops and Centimanes (hundred-handed), were giants and the first inhabitants of the earth. Strictly the hundred hands belong to the brothers of the Titans, the Centimanes.
  • 1998, Robert Temple, The Sirius Mystery: New Scientific Evidence of Alien Contact 5,000 Years Ago, 2nd Edition, Random House (Arrow), page 325, ‘"From their shoulders sprang a hundred invincible arms and above these powerful limbs rose fifty heads attached to their backs." For this reason they were called the Hecatoncheires or Centimanes,’ as we are reliably told.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Hecatoncheires

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin centimanus, a calque of Ancient Greek Ἑκατόγχειρες (Hekatónkheires, “the Hundred-Handed”) from centi- (“100”) + manus (“hand”).