Definition of Atropos

1. Noun. The Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life.

Generic synonyms: Greek Deity
Group relationships: Moirae, Moirai

Definition of Atropos

1. Proper noun. (Greek god) One of the three Fates, or Moirae, daughter of Zeus and Themis; the cutter of the thread of life ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atropos

Atmungsferment
Atomic Age
Atomic Energy Commission
Atrichornis
Atrichornithidae
Atriplex
Atriplex hortensis
Atriplex hymenelytra
Atriplex lentiformis
Atriplex mexicana
Atromid-S
Atropa
Atropa belladonna
Atropatene
Atropidae
Atropos (current term)
Atrovent
Atsera
Atsugewi
Attacapa
Attacapan
Attalea
Attalea funifera
Attashin
Atterton
Attic
Attic faith
Attic salt
Attica
Attical

Literary usage of Atropos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1887)
"Atropos, labium. Ip, palpus ; mx, maxilla.— After Burgess. In the general form of the body, especially the shape of the thoracic segments as compared with ..."

2. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"nwith her right hand takes hold of the outermost rim of the aff, and twirls it altogether, at intervals; and Atropos her left hand twirls the inner circles ..."

3. Transactions by Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society (1851)
"Observations, Sfc., on the Death's-head Moth (Acherontia atropos). Bv MR. WILLIAM NOYE, ASSOCIATE OP THE SOCIETY. >HE Death's-head moth, while it is the ..."

4. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"... has studied it in its southern range upon the trunks of orange trees in Florida. It is small and Fig. 240.—Atropos divinatoria. ( Redrawn from Marlatt. ..."

5. Science from an Easy Chair by Edwin Ray Lankester (1911)
"The " worm holes " on the surface should, as soon as the piece of furniture is quite cold, be Atropos divinatoria, a soft, the piece of wood which it is ..."

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