Word.ws English Dictionary

Briseus

Briseus proper noun: in the Iliad, father of the woman Briseis and the origin of her name.

Proper noun

Briseus

  1. In the Iliad, father of the woman Briseis and the origin of her name.

Origin of Briseus

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Βρῑσεύς (Brīseús).

Questions about Briseus

What does Briseus mean?
Briseus means in the Iliad, father of the woman Briseis and the origin of her name.
What part of speech is Briseus?
Briseus is a proper noun.

Words near Briseus in the dictionary

  1. Brisendines
  2. Briseno
  3. Brisenos
  4. brises
  5. brises-bises
  6. Briseus
  7. brishings
  8. brisingid
  9. brisk
  10. brisk up
  11. brisked

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Briseus (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: “Briseus.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/briseus. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.