endymion
/ɛnˈdɪmi.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A man described variously as a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king, who was loved by Selene or Artemis (the two being often conflated) and was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis, as well as venerated and said to reside in Caria, southwest Asia Minor, on Mount Latmus.
name
342 Endymion, an asteroid.
Example Sentences
- "The heavenly bodies may keep their secrets two or three thousand years yet; but one or other of them will betray them to some wakeful favorite, some Endymion beyond Latmos, perhaps in regions undiscovered, certainly in uncalculated times."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἐνδυμίων (Endumíōn).