Croesus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Croesus in British English:
UK [ˈkri:səs]
How to pronounce Croesus in American English:
US [ˈkrisəs]
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- Noun:
- last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC)
- a very wealthy man
Word Origin
- Croesus
- from Latinized form of Greek Kroisis, 6c. B.C.E. king of Lydia in Asia Minor, famously wealthy; hence "rich man" or in other allusions to riches, from late 14c.
Example
- 1. Upon the brow of croesus , base and pitiless .
- 2. Angola 's capital : costly even for croesus .
- 3. On that reasoning , if the retirement age came down to 25 we would all be as rich as croesus .
- 4. And breeze out of this burg with more money than croesus .
- 5. Croesus was astonished and he asked solon why did he select tellus ?