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ALECTO

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Overview

ALECTO (noun)
  The noun ALECTO has 1 sense:

1. one of the three Furiesplay

  Familiarity information: ALECTO used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ALECTO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the three Furies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Alecto" is a kind of...):

Erinyes; Eumenides; Fury ((classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"He that will steal an egg will steal an ox." (English proverb)

"Cherish youth, but trust old age." (Native American proverb, Pueblo)

"Love is blind." (Arabic proverb)

"Keep throwing eggs on the wall." (Cypriot proverb)



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