apotropaic
apotropaic · apotropaics
An agent intended to ward off evilAn agent intended to ward off evil.
/ˌæpətɹəˈpeɪ.ɪk/
» The horseshoe brings luck and has apotropaic meaning.
Значення
значень: 1An agent intended to ward off evil.
Приклади
речень: 1The horseshoe brings luck and has apotropaic meaning.
Походження
From Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιος (apotrópaios), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) and τρόπος (trópos, “From Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιος (apotrópaios), from ἀπό (apó, “away”) and τρόπος (trópos, “turn”); thus meaning “causing things to turn away”, as in “turns away evil”.
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