Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lityerses

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lity-ers-es
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An illegitimate son of Midas (or of Comis) and Demeter, who challenged people to harvesting contests and beheaded those he beat, putting the rest of their bodies in the sheaves. Heracles won the contest and killed him.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λιτυέρσης (Lituérsēs).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Λιτυέρσης

Questions

What does lityerses mean?: An illegitimate son of Midas (or of Comis) and Demeter, who challenged people to harvesting contests and beheaded those he beat, putting the rest of their bodies in the sheaves. Heracles won the contest and killed him.
Where does lityerses come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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