perseus

1. 1.

   (Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster

   Broadermythical being

   Greek mythology

2. 2.

   a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way

   Broaderconstellation

Other forms of perseus

plural

perseuses·

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 perseus

What does perseus mean?

perseus means "(Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in perseus?

perseus has 3 syllables: per-se-us. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɝsiəs/.

Is perseus a common word?

perseus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.