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PRONUNCIATION OF ATRIDAE

Atridae  [ˈætrɪdeɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ATRIDAE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Atridae is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ATRIDAE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Atridae in the English dictionary

The definition of Atridae in the dictionary is a collective name for Agamemnon and Menelaus, the sons of Atreus.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ATRIDAE


all-day
ˈɔːlˌdeɪ
bidet
ˈbiːdeɪ
birthday
ˈbɜːθˌdeɪ
day
deɪ
dey
deɪ
doomsday
ˈduːmzˌdeɪ
everyday
ˈɛvrɪˌdeɪ
holiday
ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ
Mande
ˈmɑːndeɪ
Mayday
ˈmeɪˌdeɪ
midday
ˈmɪdˈdeɪ
one-day
ˈwʌnˌdeɪ
payday
ˈpeɪˌdeɪ
postholiday
ˌpəʊstˈhɒlɪdeɪ
preholiday
priːˈhɒlɪdeɪ
same-day
ˈseɪmˌdeɪ
someday
ˈsʌmˌdeɪ
today
təˈdeɪ
weekday
ˈwiːkˌdeɪ
weekdays
ˈwiːkdeɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ATRIDAE

ATP
ATPase
atrabiliar
atrabilious
atrabiliousness
atracurium
atrament
atramental
atramentous
atrazine
Atreids
atremble
atresia
atresic
atretic
Atreus

WORDS THAT END LIKE ATRIDAE

Achaemenidae
Andromedae
cicadae
Cichlidae
dae
eupatridae
Heraclidae
Heraklidae
multigravidae
Pasargadae
primigravidae
Sassanidae
Seleucidae
sundae

Synonyms and antonyms of Atridae in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Atridae» into 25 languages

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The translations of Atridae from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Atridae» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Atridae
1,325 millions of speakers

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Atridas
570 millions of speakers

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Atridae
510 millions of speakers

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Atridae
380 millions of speakers
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Atridae
280 millions of speakers

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Atridae
278 millions of speakers

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Atridae
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Atridae
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Atrides
220 millions of speakers

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Atridae
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Atriden
180 millions of speakers

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Atridae
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Atridae
85 millions of speakers

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Atridae
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Atridae
80 millions of speakers

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Atridae
75 millions of speakers

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एट्रिडाई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Atridae
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Atridi
65 millions of speakers

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Atridae
50 millions of speakers

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Atridae
40 millions of speakers

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Atridae
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Atridae
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Atridae
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Atridae
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Atridae
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Trends of use of Atridae

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ATRIDAE»

The term «Atridae» is used very little and occupies the 176.024 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ATRIDAE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Atridae

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATRIDAE»

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Sophocles: An Interpretation
by the jobbery of the Atridae, to a rascal and not to him, whereas, if Achilles, living , had had to adjudicate the disposal of his arms on grounds of valour, none but Ajax would have laid hands on them. (Is there not something vaguely unpleasant  ...
R. P. Winnington-Ingram, 1980
2
The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication and ...
Instead it is always the Atridae and Odysseus whom they regard as threatening them or as opponents of Ajax.5° Separating ofl Atridae and Odysseus from the large group, the Chorus make the way free for a solution that moves them closer  ...
Felix Budelmann, 2006
3
Ancestral Fault in Ancient Greece
It is more than possible that this negative connotation referred to the ancestral woes of the Atridae. What the agency of this ancestral fault would have been in fragment 70, however, whether it was portrayed as transmission through a 'curse',  ...
Renaud Gagné, 2013
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Studies in Aeschylus
But there is no sophistication here. The resentment of the common people at this war for a woman is as natural as their change of attitude when the war has been won. It is as unheroic as the reaction of the Atridae — and their fellow-nobles ...
Reginald Pepys Winnington-Ingram, 1983
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The Art of Aeschylus
And the whole idea of a god sending a Fury down to assist the hawks can be understood only in terms of what we said above about the shifting of attributes between proposition A and proposition B. Further, the motion of the Atridae, their  ...
Thomas G. Rosenmeyer, 1982
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Political Thought and International Relations: Variations on ...
The curse of the Atridae and the Trojan War are also closely connected in their origins: both are triggered by serious violations of guest friendship (xenia), one of the most important norms in heroic age Greece. In Aeschylus's version, the ...
Duncan Bell, 2008
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Virgil, Aeneid 2:
Atridae Cf. n. on 11.262. For Agam. and Menel., cf. 1.458 (Atridas), 2.415 (Atridae ), 500 (Atridas), 8.130 (Atridis), 9.138 (Atridas), 602 (Atridae), 11.262 (Atrides). Cf. NW 1, 514, Holzweissig, 494. Od. and the Atridae already paired as villains by ...
Nicholas Horsfall, 2008
8
Power in World Politics
The curse of the Atridae and the Trojan War are also closely connected in their origins: both are triggered by serious violations of guest friendship (xenia), one of the most important norms in heroic-age Greece. In Aeschylus' version, the ...
Felix Berenskoetter, M. J. Williams, 2007
9
Sophocles And the Greek Language: Aspects on Diction, Syntax ...
It is also possible, however, in light of the changing make-up of Ajax' friends and enemies, to apply the saying to anything he might get in the future from the Atridae, whom he has identified earlier in the speech as his 'enemies' (§xyro›w, 653).
Irene J. F. De Jong, Albert Rijksbaron, 2006
10
Why Vergil?: A Collection of Interpretations
The Atridae are twice described with this word later in the book, gemini Atridae ( 415) and geminos Atridas (500) [“twin Atridae, twin sons of Atreus”]....The twin Atridae are compared to the twin serpents; both couples are forces of merciless ...
Stephanie Quinn, 2000

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ATRIDAE»

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Greek Filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos Dies after Motorcycle Accident
They bear the illustrious names of the Atridae. “For the first time in the short history of Greek cinema,” explains Tassos Goudelis, “a film makes a ... «Greek Reporter, Jan 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Atridae [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/atridae>. Apr 2024 ».
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