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Means "rainbow" in Greek. Iris was the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow, also serving as a messenger to the gods. This name can also be given in reference to the word (which derives from the same Greek source) for the iris flower or the coloured part of the eye. Iro Ηρώ f Greek. Modern Greek form of Hero 1.
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During the Christian era this Greek name was merged with the...
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Belisarius m Greek (Latinized), History From Greek...
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desperation. despicable. despise. despite. despoil. despoliation. despond. Translations into more languages in the bab.la English-Turkish dictionary. Translation for 'despair' in the free English-Greek dictionary and many other Greek translations.
Oizys. In Greek mythology, Oizys ( / ˈoʊɪzɪs /; Ancient Greek: Ὀϊζύς, romanized : Oïzús, lit. 'misery' [1] ), or Oezys, is the personification of pain or distress. [2] In Hesiod 's Theogony, Oizys is one of the offspring of Nyx (Night), produced without the assistance of a father. [3] According to the Roman authors Cicero and ...
Aug 5, 2018 · despair (n.) c. 1300, despeir, "hopelessness, total loss of hope," from Anglo-French despeir, Old French despoir, from desperer (see despair (v.)). The native word was wanhope. Despair naturally destroys courage and stops all effort, but may produce a new kind of courage and fierce activity founded upon the sense that there is nothing worse to ...
Ozymandias. " Ozymandias " ( / ˌɒziˈmændiəs / o-zee-MAN-dee-əs) [1] is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. It was first published in the 11 January 1818 issue of The Examiner [2] of London. The poem was included the following year in Shelley's collection Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other ...
More Greek words for despair. απελπισία noun. apelpisía desperation hopelessness distress. απόγνωση noun. apógno̱si̱ desperation desolation. απελπίζομαι verb.
Darkness or shadow. Keres (Κῆρες) Spirits of violent death in Greek mythology. Lethe (Λήθη) River of forgetfulness in Greek mythology. Nyx (Νύξ) Goddess of the night in Greek mythology. Phobos (Φόβος) God of fear and panic in Greek mythology.
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