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A Greek prophetic sea god, born mortal and turned immortal upon eating a magical herb. It was believed that he commonly came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having once been one himself.
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Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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A mythical Lycian soldier and captain in the Trojan War.
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Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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Son of Sisyphus, and a mythical Corinthian king.
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Usage: Greek
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Son of king Minos.
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Usage: Greek
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one of the sons of Priam.
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Usage: Greek
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A son of Aepytus.
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Usage: Greek
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One of the twelve younger Panes.
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Usage: Greek
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Any member of the genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea, strikingly colored with blue and silvery white.
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A desert lime (Citrus glauca), a thorny shrub species endemic to semi-arid regions of Australia.
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History
From Ancient Greek Γλαῦκος (Glaûkos, from γλαυκός (glaukós, literally “greyish-blue, bluish-green, glimmering”)).
Borrowed from translingual Glaucus, from Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαῦκος (glaûkos, “blue-grey fish”), from γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).
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