Circe

//ˈsɜː.si// name

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    (Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An enchantress who turned Odysseus's men into pigs. Greek
  2. 2
    A woman having the characteristics of Circe; an enchantress.

    "Here is a nice state of affairs. I, at my age, to fall a victim to this modern Circe!"

  3. 3
    34 Circe, a main belt asteroid.
  4. 4
    A chess variant, often used in fairy chess problems, where pieces return to their starting square after being captured.

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Example

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""First must Trinacrian waters bend the oar, / Ausonian waves thy vessels must explore, / first must thou view the nether world, where flows / dark Styx, and visit that AEaean shore, / the home of Circe, ere, at rest from woes, / thou build the promised walls, and win the wished repose.""

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Circē.

Related phrases

plant of Circe

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