Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hecatoncheires

/ˌhɛkətɒŋˈkaɪɹiːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
heca-toncheires
IPA
/ˌhɛkətɒŋˈkaɪɹiːz/
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Three monstrous giants of enormous size and strength, each with fifty heads and one hundred arms, who were offspring of Uranus by Gaia, whom Zeus freed from captivity and who in return aided the Olympians in the Titanomachy.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑκᾰτόν (hekătón, “hundred”) + χείρ (kheír, “hand”), compare the adjective ἑκατόγχειρος (hekatónkheiros, “hundred-handed”). The putative *Ἑκατόγχειρες (*Hekatónkheires) is unattested in Hesiod's Theogony, which instead describes the giants with the phrase ἑκατὸν μὲν χεῖρες (hekatòn mèn kheîres).

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Synonyms

Centimanes Hundred-Handers

Questions

How do you pronounce hecatoncheires?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhɛkətɒŋˈkaɪɹiːz/.
What does hecatoncheires mean?
Three monstrous giants of enormous size and strength, each with fifty heads and one hundred arms, who were offspring of Uranus by Gaia, whom Zeus freed from captivity and who in return aided the Olympians in the Titanomachy.
Where does hecatoncheires come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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