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| [L Gorgon-, Gorgo, fr. Gk Gorgon, any of three snake-haired sisters in Greek mythology whose appearance turns men to stone] : an ugly or repulsive woman | |
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gorgon=جورجون
gorgon=جورجون
غانيمدي=Ganymede
غانيمدي=Ganymede
An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology - Oakland
| Ganymedes, fr. Gk Ganymedes Ganymede, a beautiful youth carried off to Olympus to be the cupbearer of the gods in classical mythology] 1 : the largest of Jupiter's moons 2 : a young waiter who serves liquors | |
Electra=الكترا
Electra=الكترا
An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology - Oakland
L, fr. Gk Elektra, a sister of Orestes who aids him in killing their mother Clytemnestra
Delphi=دلفي
Delphi=دلفي
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the site of the oracle of Apollo
Daphne=دافنى
Daphne=دافنى
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| [NL, genus name, fr. L laurel, fr. Gk Daphne, a nymph who is transformed into a laurel tree to escape the pursuing Apollo] 1 : any of a genus (Daphne) of Eurasian shrubs of the mezereon family with apetaelous flowers whose colored calyx resembles a corolla 2 : a girl's given name |
daedalus=ديدالوس
daedalus=ديدالوس
An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology - Oakland
| [L daedalus, fr. Gk Daidalos, legendary builder of Cretan labyrinth who makes wings to enable himself and his son Icarus to escape from imprisonment] 1 a : skillful, artistic b : intricate 2 : adorned with many things |
Cynthia=سينثيا
Cynthia=سينثيا
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| [L, Cynthius, epithet of Artemis, fr. fem. of Cynthius of Cynthus, fr. Cynthus, mountain on Delos where Artemis was born, fr. Gk Kynthos] 1 : moon 2 : a girl's given name |
Clio=كليو
Clio=كليو
An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology - Oakland
| [Gk Clio, Greek Muse of history] : a girl's given name |
Cimmerian=السيمرية
Cimmerian=السيمرية
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| [L Cimmerii, a mythical people described by Homer as dwelling in a realm of mist and gloom, fr. Gk Kimmerioi] : very dark and gloomy |
cecropia moth=سيكروبيا فراشة
cecropia moth=سيكروبيا فراشة
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| [NL cecropia, fr. L Cecropius Athenian, fr. Gk Kekrops, legendary king of Athens] : a large North American saturniid moth (Hyalophora cecropia) that is brown with red, white, and black markings | |
Calliope=كاليوبي
Calliope=كاليوبي
An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology - Oakland
| [L, fr. Gk Kalliope Calliope, the Greek Muse of epic poetry] : a keyboard musical instrument resembling an organ and consisting of a series of whistles sounded by steam or compressed air. |
atropine=الأتروبين
atropine=الأتروبين
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[G Atropin, fr. NL Atropa,
genus name of belladonna, fr. Gk Atropos, one of the three Fates] : a
mixture obtained from any of various solanaceous plants (such as
belladonna) and used esp. for its antocholinergic effects (as pupil
dilation or inhibition of smooth muscle spasms)
aphrodisiac=أفروديسك
aphrodisiac=أفروديسك
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[Gk aphrodisiakos sexual, fr. aphrodisia, pl. sexual pleasures, fr. neut. pl. of aphrodisios of Aphrodite, fr. Aphrodite Greek goddess of love] 1 : an agent that arouses or is held to arouse sexual desire 2 : something that excites
Adonis=أدونيس
Adonis=أدونيس
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[fr. ML Adonic(us), fr. Gk Adonis, a favorite man of Aphrodite, slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months of every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose] 1 : noting a verse consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee 2 : of or like Adonis
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