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Actaeon.

Grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

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name/ækˈtiːən//ækˈtiːɒn//ækˈteɪən//ækˈteɪɒn/

  1. Grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

    Greek
Where this word comes from

From Latin Actaeōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀκταίων (Aktaíōn). In Greek mythology, Artemis transformed Actaeon into a stag with horns on his head. In European folklore, horns were considered the sign of a cuckold, whence the noun sense of Actaeon, "cuckold", and the verb sense "to cuckold", are derived. Compare horned, put horns on, etc.

noun/ækˈtiːən//ækˈtiːɒn//ækˈteɪən//ækˈteɪɒn/

  1. A cuckold.

    archaic · slang
Where this word comes from

From Latin Actaeōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀκταίων (Aktaíōn). In Greek mythology, Artemis transformed Actaeon into a stag with horns on his head. In European folklore, horns were considered the sign of a cuckold, whence the noun sense of Actaeon, "cuckold", and the verb sense "to cuckold", are derived. Compare horned, put horns on, etc.

verb/ækˈtiːən//ækˈtiːɒn//ækˈteɪən//ækˈteɪɒn/

  1. To cuckold.

    obsolete · rare · slang · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Latin Actaeōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀκταίων (Aktaíōn). In Greek mythology, Artemis transformed Actaeon into a stag with horns on his head. In European folklore, horns were considered the sign of a cuckold, whence the noun sense of Actaeon, "cuckold", and the verb sense "to cuckold", are derived. Compare horned, put horns on, etc.

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