Clotho
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Clotho
< Latin < Greek Klōthṓ literally, Spinner, equivalent to klṓth ( ein ) to spin + -ō suffix used in feminine names
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Clotho, the Greek spinner of the thread of life, and Lachesis, the fate who measures the thread, are also a historical couple: Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2016
In another guise, they inhabit Greek mythology as Lachesis and Clotho, the fates who spin and measure the thread of life.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2016
The fates were not Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, daughters of Zeus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Clotho tosses some stale bread on the table.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
William, who is trying to hurry Clotho along, says, "I could stop a few of them. Five, maybe ten. Not however many that is."
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
