Lachesis
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A goddess who measures how long each person lives
- proper noun
- /ˈleɪkɪsɪs/
- Literature
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Láquesis
- According to legend, Lachesis is the second among the Fates, responsible for measuring the thread of life.
- Lachesis and Atropos
Examples
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I think that when he read the future, he actually read it, like a book that hadn't come out yet, as though the house of Clothos, Lachesis, and Atropos.
Fiction book (1996) -
In Greek mythology, Lachesis is known as the goddess who determines the length of each person's life.
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The ancient Greeks believed that Lachesis played a crucial role in deciding how long each individual would live.
Synonyms
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A Roman goddess of fate who measures people's lives and helps at childbirth
is the Greek counterpart with the same role rather than Roman origin
Surface Forms
Lachesis main
Etymology
Lachesis is the name of the Greek Fate who measured the thread of each life, and her name comes from a Greek word lachein meaning 'to give out by lot'. So she is the one who gives each person their share of life and decides how long they will live.