AUGEAN


Meaning of AUGEAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ȯ-ˈjē-ən ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin Augeas, king of Elis, from Greek Augeias; from the legend that his stable, left neglected for 30 years, was finally cleaned by Hercules

Date: 1599

: extremely formidable or difficult and occasionally distasteful

an Augean task

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