atreus

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈeɪ.tɹi.əs/
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/ˈeɪ.tɹi.əs/ · /ˈeɪˌtɹuːs/

Definition of atreus

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (Greek)A mythological king of Mycenae and son of Pelops and Hippodamia.
    “His messenger, Argicides, to Pelops, skill'd in horse; / Pelops to Atreus, chief of men; he dying, gave it course”
    “The gloom that had overshadowed the sin-stained race of Atreus is dispelled by the radiance of the glory of Athens.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀτρεύς (Atreús).

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