Definitions For Ouroboro

Noun

OUROBOROS (plural ouroboroi or ouroboroses) (mythological creature) A serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail, a representation of the continuous cycle of life and death. A picture or symbol representing the first definition.

Translations

Arabic: الفلك, n Armenian: ուրոբորոս, օրոբորոս Azerbaijani: oroboros Bulgarian: уроборос Catalan: ouroboros, m, uròbor, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 銜尾蛇 Czech: úroboros Esperanto: uroboro Estonian: uroboros Finnish: ouroboros French: ouroboros, m Galician: uróboros German: Ouroboros, m Greek: ουροβόρος Hebrew: אורובורוס Hungarian: uroborosz Italian: uroboro, m Japanese: ウロボロス Korean: 우로보로스 Latin: uroborus, m Lithuanian: uroboras Malayalam: ഊറൊബോറസ് Persian: اوروبروس Polish: uroboros Portuguese: uróboro, m Romanian: uroborus, m Russian: уроборос Slovak: uroboros Spanish: uróboros, m Ukrainian: уроборос Urdu: اوروبورس

Etymology

From (Ancient Greek) οὐροβόρος, , tail-devouring, sc=polytonic, a compound of οὐρά, , tail + -βόρος, , -devouring”, “-swallowing, which is derived from the verb βιβρώσκω, , to eat up.