Atropos
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Atropos
< Greek: literally, not turning, hence, inflexible. See a- 6, -trope
Example Sentences
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Mark Tunmore, editor of Atropos, the journal for butterfly, moth and dragonfly enthusiasts, said all the evidence points to a surge of interest during lockdown.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2021
At the other end of the human journey came Atropos, one of the Three Fates of Greek mythology, who cut the thread of life with her shears.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2018
The fates were not Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, daughters of Zeus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beau rolled over and came up pulling from the ruffles of his shirt bosom a derringer I knew was some other weapon in disguise—a stun gun or even an Atropos.
From The Big Time by Leiber, Fritz
Desine longævos exposcere sedulus annos Inque bonis multos annumerare dies Atque hodie, fatale velit si rumpere filum Atropos, impavido pectore disce mori.”
From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis
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