Empusa
Meanings
name
- A monster sent by (and sometimes the progeny of) the goddess Hecate; when imagined as the first or only empusa, or as a species of monster.
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of empusa.
noun
- In Ancient Greek mythology, a kind of spectre sent by Hecate to guard roads and devour travellers.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἔμπουσα (Émpousa, “species of monster of Greek mythology”).
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