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Definition of Atropos
1. Noun. The Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Atropos
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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