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Orpheus

//ˈɔɹfi.əs// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades. Greek
  2. 2
    A male given name from Ancient Greek. rare

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús), built from an uncertain root with the -εύς (-eús) suffix. Perhaps root-cognate to Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphan”).

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