NIOBE

Meaning of NIOBE in English

Pronunciation: ' n ī - ə -b ē

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Niob ē

Date: 14th century

: a daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion who while weeping for her slain children is turned into a stone from which her tears continue to flow

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NIOBE — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Niobē Date: 14th century a daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion who while weeping …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NIOBE — In Greek mythology , the prototype of the bereaved mother. The daughter of Tantalus , she married King Amphion of …
Английский словарь Британика
NIOBE — (n.) The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and …
Английский словарь Webster
NIOBE — ( n. ) The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NIOBE — — Niobean , adj. /nuy"oh bee'/ , n. Class. Myth. the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NIOBE — n. (Greek mythology) queen of Thebes, daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NIOBE — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Niobē Date: 14th century : a daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion who while …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NIOBE — noun the daughter of tantalus, and wife of amphion, king of thebes. her pride in her children provoked apollo and …
Webster English vocab
NIOBE — [Ni.o.be] n [L, fr. Gk Niobe]: a daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion who while weeping for her slain …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NIOBE — in Greek mythology, the daughter of Tantalus (king of Sipylus in Lydia) and wife of King Amphion of Thebes. She …
Britannica English vocabulary
NIOBE — Niobe BrE AmE ˈna ɪ ‿əb i -əʊb i AmE \ -ə biː
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NIOBE — n. In Greek mythology , the prototype of the bereaved mother. The daughter of Tantalus , she married King Amphion …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
NIOBE — [Greek] Niobe is one of the more tragic figures in Greek myth. She was the daughter of Tantalus and either …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
NIOBE — (греческое) (мифология) Ниоба, Ниобея скорбящая мать
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NIOBE — (греческое) (мифология) Ниоба, Ниобея скорбящая мать
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NIOBE — Ниоба
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NIOBE — n 1> греч. миф. Ниоба, Ниобея 2> скорбящая мать
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NIOBE — (n) ниоба
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
NIOBE — (a) скорбящая мать
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
NIOBE — (0) ниобея
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
NIOBE — n 1) греч. миф. Ниоба, Ниобея 2) скорбящая мать
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
NIOBE — n 1> греч. миф. Ниоба, Ниобея 2> скорбящая мать
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
NIOBE — (греческое) (мифология) Ниоба, Ниобея скорбящая мать
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
NIOBE — (греческое) (мифология) Ниоба, Ниобея скорбящая мать
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
NIOBIUM — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Niobe; from its occurrence in tantalite Date: 1845 a lustrous light gray ductile metallic …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NIOBID PAINTER — flourished с 475–450 BC, Greece Greek vase painter, named for a calyx krater showing the death of the children of …
Английский словарь Британика
MAGNESIA AD SIPYLUM — Ancient city, Lydia , near modern Manisa, Turkey. Dating to the 5th century BC, it was located near the regions …
Английский словарь Британика
AMPHION AND ZETHUS — In Greek mythology , twin sons of Zeus by the mortal Antiope. As infants the two were left to die …
Английский словарь Британика
SCOPAS — flourished 4th century BC Battle between Greeks and Amazons, section of marble frieze from the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Greek sculptor …
Britannica English vocabulary
NIOBID PAINTER — flourished c. 475, 450 BC painter of flower-shaped Greek vases, named for a calyx krater (mixing bowl) with a representation …
Britannica English vocabulary
AEDON — in Greek mythology, a daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus. According to Homer, she was the wife of Zethus, the king …
Britannica English vocabulary
NIOBID PAINTER — flourished 0441; 475450 BC, Greece Greek vase painter, named for a calyx krater showing the death of the children of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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