Lachesis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Lachesis
< Latin < Greek, personification of láchesis destiny, equivalent to lache ( în ) to happen or obtain by lot + -sis -sis
Example Sentences
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The Fates, with Eddie Izzard as Lachesis, hang out in a bar, where a chance to bring a loved one back from the dead is staged as a sort of pub quiz.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024
Clotho, the Greek spinner of the thread of life, and Lachesis, the fate who measures the thread, are also a historical couple: Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2016
In another guise, they inhabit Greek mythology as Lachesis and Clotho, the fates who spin and measure the thread of life.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2016
The fates were not Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, daughters of Zeus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next to her is Lachesis, older and more matronly than her sister.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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