empusa

See also: Empusa

English

Alternative forms

• empousa
• empuse

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἔμπουσα (Émpousa)

Noun

empusa (plural empusas or empusae)

1. (Greek mythology) In Ancient Greek mythology, a kind of spectre sent by Hecate to guard roads and devour travellers.

Anagrams

• pumsae