ANDROCLES


Meaning of ANDROCLES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈan-drə-ˌklēz ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Androklēs

Date: 1607

: a fabled Roman slave spared in the arena by a lion from whose foot he had years before extracted a thorn

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