Lexic.us

Definition of Penelope

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them.

2. Noun. A genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds).

Definition of Penelope

1. n. A genus of curassows, including the guans.

Definition of Penelope

1. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) The faithful wife of Odysseus. ¹

2. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek female given name). ¹

3. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Penelope) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Penelope

1. A genus of curassows, including the guans. Origin: From. L. Penelope, the wife of Ulysses, the hero of the Odyssey, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Penelope

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penecontemporaneously penectomies pened penelope (current term) peneplain peneplains peneplane peneplanes penetrabilities penetrability

penetrable penetrably penetralia penetralium penetrameter penetrameters penetrance

Literary usage of Penelope

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

1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1921)
"XXIII THE RECOGNITION BY penelope So the old woman, full of glee, ... Then heedful penelope said to her: "Dear nurse, the gods have crazed you. ..."

2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1921)
"XXIII THE RECOGNITION BY penelope So the old woman, full of glee, ... Then heedful penelope said to her: "Dear nurse, the gods have crazed you. ..."

3. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"ODYSSEUS MAKETH HIMSELF KNOWN TO HIS WIFE penelope. ... But therewith thus bespake her heart-wise penelope: 10 'Stark mad the Gods have made thee, ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"The daughter Miranda predeceased penelope, and the latter died on March 8, 1917. At that time the administrator had on hand from the ..."

5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"I!, xi; sometimes spotted on the breast—penelope cristata, L., ... That of penelope, given to them by Merrem, designated among the Greeks a species of Duck, ..."

6. Ovid by Ovid (1833)
"penelope TO ULYSSES. THE abduction of Helen having carried all the Grecian princes to the siege ... and his wife penelope sends this letter in quest of him. ..."

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