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atreidae

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
atrei-dae
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Collectively, the family and descendants of the mythical Mycenaean king Atreus, including either of his sons Menelaus and Agamemnon, who both feature in the Iliad.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Atrīdae, from Ancient Greek Ἀτρεῖδαι (Atreîdai), nominative plural of Ancient Greek Ἀτρείδης (Atreídēs). By surface analysis, Atreus + -id.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ἀτρεῖδαι, Ἀτρείδης

Inflected Forms

the Atreidae (canonical, plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Atreid

Questions

What does atreidae mean?
Collectively, the family and descendants of the mythical Mycenaean king Atreus, including either of his sons Menelaus and Agamemnon, who both feature in the Iliad.
Where does atreidae come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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