damocritus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Greek author mentioned only in the Suda, whose work provides the earliest attestation of a blood libel.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δᾱμόκρῐτος (Dāmókrĭtos), a variant of Δημόκρῐτος (Dēmókrĭtos). The well-known philosopher bearing the latter name, Democritus, is occasionally mixed up with this lesser-known author due to the similarity of their names.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Δᾱμόκρῐτος