DEFINITIONS
The
2019 WORD
OF THE YEAR is...

Menoetius

[ muh-nee-shee-uh s ]
/ məˈni ʃi əs /

noun Classical Mythology.

a Titan, the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.
one of the Argonauts and the father of Patroclus.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for menoetius

  • And the son of Menoetius performed high deeds of valor, and went near to sack the city.

    The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10)|Various

  • My good friend, did not Menoetius charge you thus, on the day when he sent you from Phthia to Agamemnon?

    The Iliad|Homer