Atropos
pronunciation
How to pronounce Atropos in British English:
UK [ˈætrəˌpɔs]
How to pronounce Atropos in American English:
US [ˈætrəˌpɑs, -pəs]
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- Noun:
- the Fate who cuts the thread of life; identified with Roman Morta
Word Origin
- Atropos
- one of the Fates (the one who holds the shears and determines the manner of a person's death and cuts the thread), from Greek, "inflexible," literally "not to be turned away," from a- "not" (see a- (3)) + stem of trepein "to turn" (see trope). Related form Atropa was the Greek name for deadly nightshade.