Laestrygonian
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Λαιστρυγόνες (Laistrugónes).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Laestrygonian (plural Laestrygonians)
- (Greek mythology) A member of a mythical Greek tribe of man-eating giants.
- 1900, (translated by) George Herbert Palmer, The Odyssey of Homer, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Before town they met a maiden drawing water, the stately daughter of the Laestrygonian Antiphades.
- 1900, (translated by) George Herbert Palmer, The Odyssey of Homer, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Translations
[edit]- Note: These are translations for the plural noun.
tribe
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Adjective
[edit]Laestrygonian (not comparable)