Word.ws English Dictionary

Aegisthus

/ɪˈd͡ʒɪsθəs/

Aegisthus proper noun: the murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.

Proper noun

Aegisthus

  1. (Greek) The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.

Forms of Aegisthus

alternative form (archaic)Ægisthus

Origin of Aegisthus

Borrowed from Latin Aegisthus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγισθος (Aígisthos).

Questions about Aegisthus

What does Aegisthus mean?
Aegisthus means the murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
What part of speech is Aegisthus?
Aegisthus is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Aegisthus?
Aegisthus is pronounced /ɪˈd͡ʒɪsθəs/.

Words near Aegisthus in the dictionary

  1. Aegis class cruiser
  2. Aegis class cruisers
  3. Aegis cruiser
  4. Aegis cruisers
  5. aegises
  6. Aegisthus
  7. Aegle
  8. aeglid
  9. aeglids
  10. aeglogue
  11. aeglogues

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Aegisthus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Aegisthus.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/aegisthus. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.