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thersites

thersites is the plural of thersite.

Meaning of thersite

Noun

thersite (plural thersites)

  1. A thersitical person

Proper noun capitalized: Thersites

Thersites

  1. (Greek) A soldier in the Greek army during the Trojan War, who (according to some accounts) overthrew Oeneus with the help of his brothers.

Questions about thersites

What does thersites mean?
Thersites means a soldier in the Greek army during the Trojan War, who (according to some accounts) overthrew Oeneus with the help of his brothers.
What is thersites the plural of?
Thersites is the plural of thersite.
What part of speech is thersites?
Thersites is a proper noun.

Words near thersites in the dictionary

  1. Therriens
  2. thers
  3. Thersander
  4. thersite
  5. Thersitean
  6. thersites
  7. thersitical
  8. thesaural
  9. thesaurer
  10. thesaurers
  11. thesauri

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thersites (page history and authors); Thersites (page history and authors); thersite (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.

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