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.
Source: wiktionary
Ixion
//ɪkˈsaɪ.ən/
Synonyms for "ixion"
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5 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- Ἰξίων name (king of Lapiths)
- Ἰξίων name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Catalan
2 entries- Ixíon name (king of Lapiths)
- Ixíon name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 伊克西翁 name (king of Lapiths)
- 小行星28978 name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Dutch
2 entries- Ixion name (king of Lapiths)
- Ixion name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Esperanto
2 entries- Iksiono name (king of Lapiths)
- Iksiono name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Estonian
2 entries- Iksion name (king of Lapiths)
- Iksion name (a Kuiper Belt object)
French
2 entries- Ixion name (king of Lapiths)
- Ixion name (a Kuiper Belt object)
German
4 entries- Ixion name (king of Lapiths)
- Ixion name (king of Lapiths)
- Ixion name (a Kuiper Belt object)
- Ixion name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Greek
2 entries- Ιξίονας name (king of Lapiths)
- Ιξίονας name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Italian
2 entries- Issione name (king of Lapiths)
- Issione name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Latin
2 entries- Ixion name (king of Lapiths)
- Ixion name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Limburgish
2 entries- Ixsion name (king of Lapiths)
- Ixsion name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Polish
2 entries- Ixion name (king of Lapiths)
- Ixion name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Portuguese
2 entries- Ixião name (king of Lapiths)
- Ixião name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Russian
2 entries- Иксион name (king of Lapiths)
- Иксион name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Iksion name (king of Lapiths)
- Iksion name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Slovene
2 entries- Iksion name (king of Lapiths)
- Iksion name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Spanish
2 entries- Ixión name (king of Lapiths)
- Ixión name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Turkish
1 entries- İksiyon name (king of Lapiths)
Ukrainian
2 entries- Іксіон name (king of Lapiths)
- Іксіон name (a Kuiper Belt object)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The complicated conjunction and adverb “ut” also looms. Mr. Butterfield said that it is “the sort of infernal business that would make Sisyphus and Ixion smile kindly on the job satisfaction they got from their daily toil,” referring to figures from classical mythology forced to labor in pain for eternity.
Source: wiktionary
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