Typhoeus

British  

/ taɪˈfiːəs /

noun

1. Greek myth the son of Gaea and Tartarus who had a hundred dragon heads, which spurted fire, and a bellowing many-tongued voice. He created the whirlwinds and fought with Zeus before the god hurled him beneath Mount Etna

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Typhoean
  adjective

Example Sentences

Klimt painted it onto the walls in 1902 for the Secession’s 14th exhibition, depicting floating genies, a knight in shining armor, a giant Typhoeus monster of Greek myth and a choir of angels.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2015

As his subject, Palmer turned to Typhoeus typhoeus, commonly known as the minotaur beetle.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Typhoeus moves, the earth shakes; as he breathes, smoke and ashes come up from Aetna.

From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas

In Typhoeus and Megascolex there are complex glands appended to the intestine.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

Th' infernal waters trembled at thy sight; Thee, god, no face of danger could affright; Not huge Typhoeus, nor th' unnumber'd snake, Increas'd with hissing heads, in Lerna's lake.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil