Lachesis
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Λάχεσις (Lákhesis).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLachesis
- (Greek mythology) One of the three Fates (Moirae), daughter of Zeus and Themis; the measurer of each thread of life. Her Roman equivalent is Decima.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
- And if it were asked how it is known that the pocket in which Erskine kept this key was sewn on to the front of his underhose, the answer to that would be this, that one day when Erskine was doing his number one against a bush, Watt, who as Lachesis would have it was doing his number one too against the same bush, but on the other side, caught a glimpse, through the bush, for it was a deciduous bush, of the key, gleaming among the flap buttons.
Translations
editone of the Fates
Noun
editLachesis (uncountable)
- (homeopathy) The venom of Lachesis muta, the bushmaster snake, used to treat various conditions.