Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

procnean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: proc-nean
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or reminiscent of Procne.

Example Sentences

"As in the twin engravings by Antonio Tempesta (Plates 3 and 4), of Tereus and Philomena, and the Procnean banquet, the follow-through from rape to death was a frequent Renaissance theme."
"In making his Althaea post- and propter-Procnean, Ovid extends the same rhetoric of maternal revenge and the conflictual passions and identities associated with it, [...]"
"[...] in order to explore the links between thought and action, Cydippean mora and Procnean revenge."

Etymology

From Procne + -an.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Procne

Questions

What does procnean mean?: Pertaining to or reminiscent of Procne.
Where does procnean come from?: From Procne + -an.

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