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Synonyms for cyclops

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sahy-klops
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪ klɒps

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Définition of cyclops

Origin :
  • (plural cyclopes), 1510s, from Latin, from Greek kyklops, literally "round-eyed," from stem of kyklos (see cycle (n.)) + -ops (see eye (n.)). One of a race of one-eyed giants who forged thunderbolts for Zeus, built the walls of Mycenae, etc.
  • As in Goliath : noun giant
  • As in titan : noun giant
  • As in colossus : noun giant thing
  • As in giant : noun extremely large person
Example sentences :
  • At dawn the Cyclops woke, and his awakening was like a thunderstorm.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • The Cyclops tasted the wine and laughed with delight so that the cave shook.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • I never associate Vulcan and his Cyclops with the idea of a forge.
  • Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
  • It is sufficient that the ambiguity was such as to deceive the friends of the Cyclops.
  • Extract from : « The Odyssey of Homer » by Homer
  • We thrust the burning stick into the Cyclops' eye and put it out.
  • Extract from : « Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca » by Homer
  • Pol y phe' mus, or Polyphemos or Cyclops—the son of Poseidon.
  • Extract from : « Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca » by Homer
  • The evolution of this new order from the savage Cyclops is hinted in the poem.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • He cannot forget the Cyclops, the men of violence who once did his people wrong.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • Polyphemus is a Cyclops but he has characteristics of his own.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • But the Cyclops scoffs at Zeus and the rest of the Gods: "we are their betters."
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider

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