The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΓραῖαι
- English todayGraeae
From Ancient Greek Γραῖαι (Graîai), from γραῖα (graîa, “old woman”), perhaps from γραῦς (graûs).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Graeae
Today it means: Three sisters, old women with grey hair — Deino (or Dino), Enyo, and Pemphredo (or Pephredo) — who shared a single eye and a single tooth. They were daughters of the sea-deities Phorcys and Ceto. Full definition →
Ancient Greek Γραῖαι