Synonyms for cyclopes


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

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Définition of cyclopes

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 colossus : noun giant thing
Example sentences :
  • For the Cyclopes always make his thunderbolts, and make them well.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • He stood with Robin in a little glade in the Land of the Cyclopes.
  • Extract from : « A World Called Crimson » by Darius John Granger
  • So far they had seen nothing of the Cyclopes who lived in this part of the world.
  • Extract from : « A World Called Crimson » by Darius John Granger
  • That was after we read about the Cyclopes in the Ulysses story in our encyclopedia.
  • Extract from : « A World Called Crimson » by Darius John Granger
  • The Cyclopes inhabited an island of which they were the only possessors.
  • Extract from : « The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) » by Charles Mills Gayley
  • After the Cyclopes and Lstrygones the Sikani are the first inhabitants.
  • Extract from : « The Ethnology of Europe » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • The Cyclopes, the giants with one eye in the middle of their foreheads, were his workmen.
  • Extract from : « Gods and Heroes » by R. E. Francillon
  • Some of the Cyclopes were set to work in making thunderbolts for Jupiter.
  • Extract from : « Gods and Heroes » by R. E. Francillon
  • We Cyclopes do not care about Jove or any of your blessed gods, for we are ever so much stronger than they.
  • Extract from : « The Odyssey » by Homer
  • To protect all the other people we created, we made the Cyclopes so they'd never want to leave their homeland.
  • Extract from : « A World Called Crimson » by Darius John Granger

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