Osiris
pronunciation
How to pronounce Osiris in British English:
UK [əuˈsaiəris]
How to pronounce Osiris in American English:
US [oˈsaɪrɪs]
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- Noun:
- Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and sister of Isis; father or brother of Horus
Word Origin
- Osiris
- name of a principal god of Egypt, judge of the dead, from Latin Osiris, from Greek, from Egyptian Asar. Related: Osirian.
Example
- 1. Osiris is thus equated on occasion with the constellation orion .
- 2. She can undo any mess that her brothers , set and osiris , create .
- 3. One of the foundational myths of egyptian religion , the legend tells how osiris , murdered by his brother seth , was chopped into pieces and scattered all over egypt .
- 4. It 's a gas giant planet also called osiris , and it 's orbiting so close to its star that some of its atmosphere gets blown away by the stellar wind .
- 5. Another explanation of the osirian myth has thus been given : osiris was the nile god .