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Lachesis
[lach-uh-sis]
noun
the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
Lachesis
/ ˈæɪɪ /
noun
Greek myth one of the three Fates
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Lachesis1
Example Sentences
The Fates, with Eddie Izzard as Lachesis, hang out in a bar, where a chance to bring a loved one back from the dead is staged as a sort of pub quiz.
Klotho, Lachesis and Atropos are the spinner, the allotter and the cutter of the thread of life, respectively.
Next to her is Lachesis, older and more matronly than her sister.
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.
In another guise, they inhabit Greek mythology as Lachesis and Clotho, the fates who spin and measure the thread of life.
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