Usually means: Furious, one of three Furies.
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  1. Alecto: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Alecto: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Alecto: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Alecto: Wiktionary
  7. Alecto: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  9. alecto: Dictionary.com
  10. Alecto (SPG), Alecto (disambiguation), Alecto: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Alecto: Rhymezone
  12. alecto: FreeDictionary.org
  13. alecto: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Alecto: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. Alecto: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. alecto-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

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▸ noun:  (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) One of the Furies.

Similar:
Furies, Alectryon, Acoetes, Megaera, Electra, Adrastea, Fulgora, Aeolus, alastor, Erinyes, more...

Opposite:
Megaera, Tisiphone

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Similar:
Furies, Alectryon, Acoetes, Megaera, Electra, Adrastea, Fulgora, Aeolus, alastor, Erinyes, more...

Opposite:
Megaera, Tisiphone



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