Œnotrus

proper noun

One of the younger sons of Lycaon.

OriginAncient Greek Οἴνωτρος →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Oenotrus

  1. Greekhuman sciencesOne of the younger sons of Lycaon.

    […] yet I hold it to have been a very ancient dialect, (probably brought into Latium by Œnotrus and his Arcadians, 17 generations before the Trojan war), which came off from the parent language before it was completely formed.

    1789, James Burnett Monboddo, chapter III, in Of the Origin and Progress of Language, volume V, J. Balfour, page 91

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΟἴνωτρος
  2. EnglishŒnotrus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἴνωτρος (Oínōtros).

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Œnotrus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C5%92notrus

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