He broke the tradition of stentorian tenors, whose big voices and melodramatic high notes were needed to fill the concert halls and vaudeville houses. ... Then a stentorian voice blared an all-points bulletin: "Calling the G-men! Calling all Americans to war on the underworld!"
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In Greek mythology, Stentor (Greek: Στέντωρ; gen .: Στέντορος) was a herald of the Greek forces during the Trojan War. His name has given rise to the adjective "stentorian", meaning loud-voiced, f...
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Many useful, interesting words in English derive from Greek mythology and many of their stories. The following words are in the matrix below and come from these mythical stories! ... martial, sophistry fauna, stentorian;
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Possibly, like Hermes himself, Stentor is a personification of the wind. The name is used in modern times of any one possessing a particularly loud voice (stentorian).
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Many English words are connected with ancient Greek mythology in some way. ... 4. Write the definition of the word that shows the connection to mythology. ... 25. somnolent 26. stentorian 27. tantalize 28. typhoon 29. volcano 30. vulcanize...
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1. The mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes. ... 1. Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian. 2. Having a loud, powerful voice or making a loud sound...
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stentorian: Loud. Very, very loud. Usually referring to the volume of one's voice. In Greek mythology, Stentor was a Greek herald with a powerful voice. He is mentioned in Homer's The Iliad; here is an excerpt from the Samuel Butler translation (with thanks to Project Gutenberg):
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according to Roman mythology, he fled to the west and brought a new golden time to Italy. Originally Saturn was an old ... Stentor was the herald of the Greek army at Troy, who could speak with the power of fifty men. Today we may liken a powerful orator to Stentor and designate the effect of his voice as stentorian.
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