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Definition: AMPYX

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ampyx" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references)

Etymology:Ampyx \Am"pyx\, noun. [from Greek]. (references)

Specialty Definition: AMPYX

Domain Definition
Antiquities 1: Ampyx (ampux). (1) A frontlet or band worn by Greek ladies to confine the hair; passing around the front of the head and fastened behind. It was often of gold or silver, and adorned with precious stones. Hesychius supposes men to have worn frontlets in Lydia; and they appear to have been worn also by the Jews. (2) A frontlet worn by horses, and sometimes by elephants, often highly ornamented. (references)
  2: Ampyx (Ampux). Son of Pelias, husband of Chloris, and father of Mopsus (q.v.), who was hence known as Ampycides. (references)

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Extended Definition: AMPYX

Ampyx

Ampyx has several meanings; in hair care, an ampyx is a headband, often made of metal. In Greek mythology, there were a number of figures with the name Ampyx, Amycus or Ampycus (alt. "Ampykos").

  • Ampyx or Ampycus was a seer, the son of Elatus the Lapith chieftain. He fathered Mopsus with the nymph Chloris. Appears in Orpheus's, Argonautica (948), Pausanias's Description of Greece (5. 17. 10), Hyginus's Fabulae (Book 14, 128).
  • Ampyx or Ampycus was an Ethiopian priest of Demeter (Ceres). He appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 5, 110), and was slain by Phineus during a fight between Phineus and Perseus (see Boast of Cassiopeia), just before Phineus was turned to stone.
  • Ampyx or Amycus, son of Ophion, was one of the Lapiths who fought the centaurs at Pirithous's wedding. Appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book 12. 450).
  • Ampyx is an ancestor of Patreas, the founder of Patrae. He appears in Pausanias's Description of Greece (7. 18. 5).

In paleontology, Ampyx is a genus of asaphid trilobite from the Middle Ordovician.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Ampyx". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: AMPYX

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Ampyx 7     Ampyx 7
Ampyx (trilobite) 4     Ampyx (trilobite) 4

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Translations: AMPYX

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Dutch Ampyx (Ampyx). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, Ampyx. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: AMPYX

Language Translations for “Ampyx” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Athagampyxathag (Ampyx). Additional references: Athag, Ampyx. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Agampyxag (Ampyx). Additional references: Double Dutch, Ampyx. (volunteer)
Leet /-\{V}|o\-/>< (Ampyx). Additional references: Leet, Ampyx. (volunteer)
Oppish Opampyxop (Ampyx). Additional references: Oppish, Ampyx. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Ampyxway (Ampyx). Additional references: Pig Latin, Ampyx. (volunteer)
Terran B Amp (Ampyx). Additional references: Terran B, Ampyx. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Ubampyxub (Ampyx). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Ampyx. (volunteer)
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