Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thalestris

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thalestris
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The queen of the Amazons, said to have brought 300 women to Alexander the Great, hoping to breed a race of children as strong and intelligent as he.

Example Sentences

"Victory must now have fallen to the side of the travellers (for the bravest troops must yield to numbers) had not Susan the chambermaid come luckily to support her mistress. This Susan was as two-handed a wench (according to the phrase) as any in the country, and would, I believe, have beat the famed Thalestris herself, or any of her subject Amazons; for her form was robust and man-like, and every way made for such encounters."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θάληστρις (Thálēstris).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Θάληστρις

Questions

What does thalestris mean?: The queen of the Amazons, said to have brought 300 women to Alexander the Great, hoping to breed a race of children as strong and intelligent as he.
Where does thalestris come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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