orthros
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of orthros
< Late Greek, Greek órthros dawn
Example Sentences
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Which, of course, would be like saying the winner will be a jackalope or Orthros, the two-headed monster dog, or of course, Finn McCool.
From Golf Digest
Orthros, or′thros, n. one of the Greek canonical hours, corresponding to the Western lauds.
From Project Gutenberg
One was "Gargittos" and the other "Orthros."
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He never slept day nor night, but walked unceasingly among his herds with his two-headed dog Orthros.
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The three-headed Cacus is seen to be a near kinsman of Geryon's three-headed dog Orthros, and of the three-headed Kerberos, the hell-hound who guards the dark regions below the horizon.
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