Eris
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Eris
- /ˈɪəɹɪs/
- /ˈɛɹɪs/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔρις (Éris), from ἔρις (éris, “strife”).
See also Eris (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia and Eris (dwarf planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
proper noun
- The goddess of discord and strife, whose apple of discord sparked events that eventually led to the Trojan War; equated by Homer with Enyo (goddess of violent war) and identified with the Roman goddess Discordia; According to Homer, the Trojan war is, above all, an affair of the gods. It is about Eris, a sister of the god of war Ares, and about Eros, not directly named by Homer, but who in the figure of Aphrodite, the god of love, plays a central role on the side of the Trojans. Eris is the one who divides g
- the same figure as principal deity of Discordianism, regarded as the goddess of disorder.
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The celestial body 136199 Eris, the most-massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the largest known object in the scattered disk; formerly nicknamed Xena.
Today, Xena is no longer Xena but has been officially renamed Eris, after the Greek goddess of strife and discord—which hints at the climate in planetary science at the time. Its moon has a similarly appropriate name, Dysnomia (lawlessness) in Greek mythology, the daughter of Eris. Observations of E
Similar: 136199 Eris, 2003 UB313, 136199 Eris (2003 UB313), Xena, ⯰, ⯱
- An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Ohio, United States.
Similar: Discordia
Thesaurus
proper noun
Similar: Discordia
Translations
Talk about this word "Eris." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eris. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Eris. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eris "Eris." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eris.Cite this
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title = {Eris},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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