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penthos

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?n??s/

Etymology

Ancient Greek ?????? (pénthos)

Noun

penthos (uncountable)

  1. sorrow; grief; mourning or sadness
    • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
      He watched with a chill of wonder the basalt mask splotched with ivy shadow whose round eyes stared back with Kolonian penthos, Dushara with his face among leaves.

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benthos

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (bénthos, the depths).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?b?n??s/

Noun

benthos (plural not attested)

  1. The flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.

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