Etymology

criophore

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Today it means: A statue or other representation of a person carrying a ram. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κριόφόρος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκριόφόρος“carrying a ram”
  2. English todaycriophore

From French, from Ancient Greek κριόφόρος (krióphóros, “carrying a ram”), from κριός (kriós, “ram”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “carrying”).

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