Word.ws English Dictionary

Helenus

Helenus proper noun: the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra.

Proper noun

Helenus

  1. (Greek) the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra.

Origin of Helenus

From Latin Helenus, from Ancient Greek Ἕλενος (Hélenos).

Questions about Helenus

What does Helenus mean?
Helenus means the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra.
What part of speech is Helenus?
Helenus is a proper noun.

Words near Helenus in the dictionary

  1. helens
  2. Helensburgh
  3. Helensville
  4. Helentjaris
  5. Helentjarises
  6. Helenus
  7. heleomyzid
  8. heleomyzids
  9. heleophrynid
  10. heleophrynids
  11. heleoplankton

Source and license

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