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aesacus

/ˈiːsəkəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ae-sacus
IPA
/ˈiːsəkəs/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A son of King Priam, either by the naiad Alexirrhoë or the seer Arisbe, who interpreted the dreams of Queen Hecuba when she bore Paris and who mourned the deceased daughter (either Asterope and Hesperia) of the river-god Cebren; in Ovid’s Metamorphoses transformed by Tethys (Cebren’s mother) into a diving seabird (perhaps a cormorant or Scopoli’s shearwater) when he threw himself from atop a sea-cliff in grief.

Etymology

From Latin Aesacus, from Ancient Greek Αἴσᾰκος (Aísăkos).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Aesacus, Αἴσᾰκος

Inflected Forms

Æsacus (alternative) Aisacos (alternative) Aisakos (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce aesacus?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈiːsəkəs/.
What does aesacus mean?
A son of King Priam, either by the naiad Alexirrhoë or the seer Arisbe, who interpreted the dreams of Queen Hecuba when she bore Paris and who mourned the deceased daughter (either Asterope and Hesperia) of the river-god Cebren; in Ovid’s Metamorphoses transformed by Tethys (Cebren’s mother) into a diving seabird (perhaps a cormorant or Scopoli’s shearwater) when he threw himself from atop a sea-cliff in grief.
Where does aesacus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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