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Definition of Alecto
1. Noun. One of the three Furies.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alecto
Literary usage of Alecto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... a vast abyss Where Acheron opes wide its noisome jaws: In this Alecto plunged,
concealing so Her execrable godhead, while the air Of earth and heaven ..."
2. Steam Warfare in the Parana: A Narrative of Operations, by the Combined by Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon, Félix de Azara (1848)
"... adrift—Get alongside the Alecto—News in a Paper twenty years old—The Alecto
crowded with Fashion— Value of Stock—The Lioness—The Vulture—The Alecto ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"In others, however, this division only commences at the end of the ray, and is
not often repeated(S). We should also separate the Alecto of Leach, ..."
4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1827)
"7lb. ; four, 8st. ; five, 8st. 9lb. ; six and aged, 8st. 12lb.—Mares and geldings
allowed Sib,—Heats, two miles and a distance. Mr. Barrow's bm Alecto, ..."
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