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Musagetes

Musagetes proper noun: epithet of Apollo.

Proper noun

Musagetes

  1. (Greek) Epithet of Apollo
    • Apollo Musagetes

Forms of Musagetes

alternative formMousagetes
alternative formMusegetes
alternative formMousegetes

Origin of Musagetes

Borrowed from Latin Mūsagetēs, from Doric Greek Μουσαγέτης (Mousagétēs), from Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”) + Doric Greek ἀγέτης (agétēs, “leader”), literally “leader of the Muses”.

Questions about Musagetes

What does Musagetes mean?
Musagetes means epithet of Apollo.
What part of speech is Musagetes?
Musagetes is a proper noun.

Words near Musagetes in the dictionary

  1. Musacchios
  2. musaceous
  3. Musaean
  4. Musaeus
  5. Musaf
  6. Musagetes
  7. Musahar
  8. musaharati
  9. musaharatis
  10. musahharati
  11. musahharatis

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