orpheus

1. 1.

   (Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed

   Broadermythical being

   Greek mythology

Other forms of orpheus

plural

orpheuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about orpheus

What does orpheus mean?

orpheus means "(Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed".

How many syllables are in orpheus?

orpheus has 3 syllables: or-phe-us. The stress falls on "or". In IPA it is /ˈɔɹfiəs/.

Is orpheus a common word?

orpheus is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.