Autolycus

[ aw-tol-i-kuh s ]

/ ɔˈtɒl ɪ kəs /

noun

Classical Mythology. a thief, the son of Hermes and Chione, and the grandfather of Odysseus. He possessed the power of changing the shape of whatever he stole and of making it and himself invisible.

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Examples from the Web for autolycus

When the news of his engagement crept through the smoky portals of the Autolycus Club nobody believed it.
Tommy and Co.|Jerome K. Jerome
What is the use of being Shakespear if you are not allowed to express any notions but those of Autolycus?
Dark Lady of the Sonnets|George Bernard Shaw
Autolycus hears that, contrary to his usual habit, the Right Hon. Gentleman has in this matter an ulterior purpose.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893|Various
By the ghost of Autolycus some pickpocket, while we were moralising, has abstracted our Lascelles!
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)|John Wilson

Autolycus, aw-tol′i-kus, n. a thief: a snapper up of unconsidered trifles: a plagiarist.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for autolycus (1 of 2)

Autolycus¹

/ (ɔːˈtɒlɪkəs) /

noun

a crater in the NW quadrant of the moon about 38 km in diameter and 3000 m deep

British Dictionary definitions for autolycus (2 of 2)

Autolycus²

/ (ɔːˈtɒlɪkəs) /

noun

Greek myth a thief who stole cattle from his neighbour Sisyphus and prevented him from recognizing them by making them invisible

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