Œnomaus

English

Alternative forms

• Oenomaus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰνόμαος (Oinómaos).

Proper noun

Œnomaus

1. (Greek mythology) King of Pisa; father of Hippodamia.
   • 1797 CE, John Lemprière, Bibliotheca Classica, third edition, MY, page #519

     This ſeemed totally impoſſible, and to render it more terrible, Œnomaus declared that death would be the conſequence of a defeat in the ſuitors.