LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Graeae

Meaning

  1. daughters of Phorcus

Graeae, ārum, f., = Γραῖαι (old women),
I. daughters of Phorcus (hence Phorcydes) and Ceto, sisters and guardians of the Gorgons, gray-haired from their birth, having but one eye and one tooth among them, Hyg. praef. p. 7 Munck.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyGraeaeGraeae (Γραῖαι), that is, " the old women." were daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. They had grey hair from their birth. Hesiod (Hes. Th. 270, &c.) mentio…

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What does Graeae mean in Latin?
Graeae, a proper noun, means “daughters of Phorcus”.