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Ixion

//ɪkˈsaɪ.ən/ name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    King of Lapiths, who was punished by Zeus for trying to seduce Hera by being bound to a winged fiery wheel that was always spinning. Greek

    "As to fitfulness, I have never learnt the art of binding myself to any of the wheels on which the Ixions of these days are turning round and round."

  2. 2
    A Kuiper belt object (KBO), 28978 Ixion (provisional designation 2001 KX₇₆), once thought to be a possible dwarf planet.

Etymology

From Latin Ixīōn, from Ancient Greek Ἰξίων (Ixíōn, literally “strong native”).

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