echidnaとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ékhidna, “Echidna”), from ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈkɪd.nə/, /əˈkɪd.nə/

固有名詞

Echidna

1. (Greek mythology) A female monster who, along with Typhon, mothered the vast majority of the famous monsters and creatures of Greek mythology.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11:

     Horrible, hideous, and of hellish race, / Borne of the brooding of Echidna base, / Or other like infernall furies kinde […].