Atropos
[ a-truh-pos ]
/ ˈæ trəˌpɒs /
noun Classical Mythology.
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
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Atropos
/ (ˈætrəˌpɒs) /
noun
Greek myth the one of the three Fates who severs the thread of life
Word Origin for Atropos
Greek, from atropos that may not be turned, from a- 1 + -tropos from trepein to turn
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