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Aesacus

/ˈiːsəkəs/

Aesacus proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Aesacus

  1. (Greek) 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.

Aesacus meaning in Indonesian

Aesacus in Indonesian

son of Priam who mourned Cebren’s daughter
Aisakos

Forms of Aesacus

alternative formÆsacus
alternative formAisacos
alternative formAisakos

Origin of Aesacus

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

Questions about Aesacus

What does Aesacus mean?
Aesacus means 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.
What is Aesacus in Indonesian?
Aesacus in Indonesian is Aisakos. See Aesacus meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is Aesacus?
Aesacus is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Aesacus?
Aesacus is pronounced /ˈiːsəkəs/.

Words near Aesacus in the dictionary

  1. aerugo
  2. aery
  3. Aeryn
  4. aes
  5. AESA
  6. Aesacus
  7. Aesah
  8. AESAs
  9. aesc
  10. Aeschin.
  11. Aeschines

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