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ascalaphus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
as-cala-phus
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The orchardist of Hades, changed into a screech-owl by Demeter for telling Hades that Persephone had eaten pomegranate seeds

Etymology

From Latin Ascalaphus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλαφος (Askálaphos, literally “Screech-owl”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ascalaphus, Ἀσκάλαφος

Questions

What does ascalaphus mean?
The orchardist of Hades, changed into a screech-owl by Demeter for telling Hades that Persephone had eaten pomegranate seeds
Where does ascalaphus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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