Laestrygonian

发音

UK /ˌlɛstɹɪˈɡəʊni.ən/
US /ˌlɛstɹɪˈɡoʊni.ən/

词形变化

Laestrygonians 复数 Laestrygonians

别名

Læstrygonian Lestrygonian Lestrigonian

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of a mythical Greek tribe of man-eating giants.

    宗教 神话 哲学

    1900, (translated by) George Herbert Palmer, The Odyssey of Homer, Houghton, Mifflin and Company Before town they met a maiden drawing water, the stately daughter of the Laestrygonian Antiphades.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or relating to that tribe.

    宗教 神话 哲学

词源

From Laestrygon [from Latin Laestrȳgōn, from Ancient Greek Λαιστρῡ́γων (Laistrū́gōn)] + -ian.

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