Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cephissus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cephissus
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river god of Ancient Greece, said to be the father of Narcissus.

Example Sentences

"If it’s been a while since you’ve read it, the story, in Ovid’s telling, goes like this: Narcissus is born gorgeous, the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cephisus.

Inflected Forms

Kephissos (alternative)

Questions

What does cephissus mean?: A river god of Ancient Greece, said to be the father of Narcissus.
Where does cephissus come from?: Borrowed from Latin Cephisus.

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