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At⋅ro⋅pos

  [a-truh-pos]
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–noun Classical Mythology.
the Fate who cuts the thread of life.
Origin:
< Gk: lit., not turning, hence, inflexible. See a- 6 , -trope
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At·ro·pos   (āt'rə-pŏs', -pəs)   
n.   Greek Mythology
One of the three Fates, the cutter of the thread of destiny.

[Greek, from atropos, inexorable : a-, not; see a-1 + tropos, changeable; see -tropous.]
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Atropos 
one of the Fates, from Gk., lit. "inflexible," from a- "not" + stem of trepein "to turn." Related form Atropa was the Gk. name for deadly nightshade, and the source of the modern chemical name atropine (1836) for the poisonous alkaloid derived from the plant.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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