Danaides

[ duh-ney-i-deez ]

/ dəˈneɪ ɪˌdiz /

plural noun Classical Mythology.

the 50 daughters of Danaus, 49 of whom were condemned to pour water forever into a leaky vessel for having murdered their husbands.

Also Da·na·i·dae

[duh-ney-i-dee] /dəˈneɪ ɪˌdi/, Da·na·ids

[duh-ney-idz] /dəˈneɪ ɪdz/.

OTHER WORDS FROM Danaides

Dan·a·id·e·an

[dan-ee-id-ee-uh n, dan-ee-i-dee-uh n] /ˌdæn iˈɪd i ən, ˌdæn i ɪˈdi ən/, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for danaides

Mrs. Smidgkin, Mrs. Smidgkin, are you aware that the rain pours outside like the tears of the Danaides on their wedding night?

Semiramis and Other Plays |Olive Tilford Dargan
One of the fifty daughters of Danaus, who were collectively called the Danaides.

1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described |Edward S. Ellis
Euripides begins with the opening lines of the Danaides (a play now lost).

Callias |Alfred John Church
I fancied I here saw the wheel of Ixion, and the incessant labour of the Danaides.

Travels in England in 1782 |Charles P. Moritz

Before, in that dreaming time, I saw that I had drawn water like the Danaides, in a pitcher full of holes.

The Boss of Little Arcady |Harry Leon Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for danaides

Danaides

/ (dəˈneɪɪˌdiːz) /

pl n singular Danaid Greek myth

the fifty daughters of Danaüs. All but Hypermnestra murdered their bridegrooms and were punished in Hades by having to pour water perpetually into a jar with a hole in the bottom

Derived forms of Danaides

Danaidean (ˌdænɪˈɪdɪən, ˌdænɪəˈdiːən), adjective

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Danaides

plural noun Classical Mythology.

OTHER WORDS FROM Danaides

Example sentences from the Web for danaides

British Dictionary definitions for danaides

pl n singular Danaid Greek myth

Derived forms of Danaides