minos

Speech parts

1. minos - Noun

2. Minos - Proper noun

Meaning

A king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of Jupiter and Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower Regions.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

use way negative below minus Minoan via minoes o-neg

Related terms

minotaur Minoan

Anagrams

simon Osmin

Examples

Minos has rightly been compared with Moses. Cyrus H. Gordon

After his death, Minos became a judge of the dead in the underworld. Source: Internet

According to this view, the first King Minos was the son of Zeus and Europa and brother of Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. Source: Internet

Cocalus managed to convince him to take a bath first; then Cocalus' daughters and Daedalus, with Minos trapped in the bath, scalded him to death with boiling water. Source: Internet

Cocalus managed to convince Minos to take a bath first, where Cocalus' daughters killed Minos. Source: Internet

Armstrong falls into the trap of literalness: in discussing the list of candidates for children of Pasiphaë and Minos, she remarks, "It seems unlikely that Pasiphaë gave birth to these human children after her liaison with the bull." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

minorly minors minorship Minot minotaur Minott