Gender Feminine
Scripts Pron. /ɪ.ˈlɛk.tɹə/ (English) [key ·simplify]
Meaning & History
Latinized form of Greek ἤλεκτρον (elektron) meaning "amber" [1] . In Greek myth she was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and the sister of Orestes. She helped her brother kill their mother and her lover Aegisthus in vengeance for Agamemnon's murder. Also in Greek mythology, this name was borne by one of the Pleiades, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
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Sources & References
- Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry h)/lektron, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dh%29%2Flektron.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026