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Centimanes

Centimanes noun: synonym of Hecatoncheires.

Noun

Centimanes pl (plural only)

  1. (Roman, plural, plural-only) Synonym of Hecatoncheires.
    • The Titans with the Cyclops and Centimanes (hundred-handed), were giants and the first inhabitants of the earth. Strictly the hundred hands belong to the brothers of the Titans, the Centimanes.1882, The Chautauquan, Volume 3, Chautauqua Press, page 486
    • Of the three Centimanes enumerated by Hesiod, Brisareus only is mentioned in Homer, and, to all appearance, not as the son of Uranos, but as the son of Poseidṑn; not as aiding Zeus in his combat with the Titans, but as rescuing him at a critical moment from a conspiracy formed against him by Hḕrḕ...1906, George Grote, A History of Greece, Volume 1, Dent, page 54
    Synonyms:
    Hecatoncheires

Synonyms of Centimanes

Origin of Centimanes

From Latin centimanus, a calque of Ancient Greek Ἑκατόγχειρες (Hekatónkheires, “the Hundred-Handed”) from centi- (“100”) + manus (“hand”).

Questions about Centimanes

What does Centimanes mean?
Centimanes means synonym of Hecatoncheires.
What part of speech is Centimanes?
Centimanes is a noun.

Words near Centimanes in the dictionary

  1. centiloid
  2. centiloquies
  3. centiloquium
  4. centiloquy
  5. centim
  6. Centimanes
  7. centime
  8. centimes
  9. centimeter
  10. centimeter-gram-second
  11. centimeter-gramme-second

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