English Explanatory Dictionary

Adrastea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The goddess of divine retribution
  2. Smallest of the four inner moons of Jupiter.

Word forms

Adrastea

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδράστεια (Adrásteia, literally “inescapable”).

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