Antinous
/ænˈtɪnəʊəs/noun
Antinous is a noun meaning “A handsome young man” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-N-O-U-S, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Antinous is Antinouses.
What does Antinous mean?
noun
- 1
A handsome young man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Antinous?
- UK /ænˈtɪnəʊəs/
- UK /anˈtɪnəʊəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Antinous
- Antinouses plural
- Antinoos
- Antinoös
- Antinoüs
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Antinous?
Antinous appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 125,655th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does Antinous come from?
Borrowed from Latin Antinous, from Ancient Greek Ἀντίνοος (Antínoos).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).