Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Greek Mythology One of the three Fates, the cutter of the thread of destiny.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of neuropterous insects, of the family Psocidæ: synonymous with Troctes. A. pulsatorius shares with certain beetles the popular name of death-watch, and is a great pest in entomological collections.
- n. A genus of venomous serpents.
- n. A genus of lepidopterous insects.
- n. [lowercase] A neuropterous insect of the genus Atropos.
Wiktionary
- n. Greek mythology One of the three Fates, or Moirae, daughter of Zeus and Themis; the cutter of the thread of life
WordNet 3.0
- n. the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek Ἄτροπος, literally meaning inflexible or not turning, from the Greek a-, (not) + tropos, (to turn). (Wiktionary)
- Greek, from atropos, inexorable : a-, not; see a-1 + tropos, changeable; see -tropous. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Like the time -- the 'Atropos' came in just after we touched down.”
“Hornblower and the Hotspur, and Hornblower and the Atropos.”
“Ares is coming… Keres too… for if Nemesis is here, then the Moerae are too or the Morrigan if your irish, of the sisters if your a fan of “that play”… Clothos laughed, as Lachesis wove, and will Nemisis keep the play going from Atropos?”
“Good luck to you, Joe, thinks I, if ever Atropos kicks the bucket unexpected and you become the widow's property.”
“I doubt if Mistuh Comber is im-pressed by the rhetoric of the camp-meetin ', Clotho," says Atropos.”
“They hadn't been idle days, exactly, and Crixus, Atropos, and Mandeville had seen to it that my nights weren't tranquil either, so it was small wonder I was tuckered out - I had sense enough, though, before we reached Boston, to tie the Tranter to my knee beneath the trouser, in case the watchful Joe decided to search me as I slept.”
“The others let out gasps and excla - mations - Annette gave a shrill didn't-I-tell-you-so laugh - but Atropos just drew on his cigarette and asked: "Why should we pay you when we can compel you?”
“It was plain from her account that loathing of Atropos was the ruling passion of her life, and knowing her cold and selfish nature, I found that odd.”
“You think right, suh, an 'I daresay you are familiar with the classical names we three have adopted, bein' those of the Parcae - Lachesis, Clotho, an 'myself, Atropos - tho' I hope to convince you that those of the Eumenides would have been more fittin '.”
“I told him, and Clotho gave a muffled grunt, while Atropos let smoke trickle slowly out of his nostrils, and nodded over my head to Joe.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Atropos’.
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LIT - Greco-Latin gods and heroes
Ganymede, Io, Olympia, Callisto, Hera, Kronos, Despoina, Hyades, Dyaus, Rhadamanthus, Semele, Leto and 198 more...
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FUN - animated characters of the Angl...
Animated characters from cartoons of the Anglo-Saxon world from the beginnings to this day
Abu, Abby Mallard, Abigail Gabble, Abis Mal, Adella, Agent Wendy Pleakley, Akela, Al the Alligator, Aladar, Aladdin, Alameda Slim, Alana and 987 more...
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Spinning
This list is basically an excuse for me to list the word wool four times in a row.
wool, spin, spinning, cotton, scribble, scribbler, scribbling, spindle whorl, spindlewhorl, card, card-clothing, carding-machine and 68 more...
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