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Molossus

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The son of Neoptolemus and Andromache, the eponymous founder of the Molossians. Greek
Noun
  1. 1
    A metrical foot of three long syllables.
  2. 2
    Obsolete form of molasses. alt-of, obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin molossus, from Ancient Greek μολοσσός (molossós), properly "belonging to the Molossians", a people in the eastern part of Epirus.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Μολοσσός (Molossós).

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