Mimantean

English

Alternative forms

• Mimantian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μῑμάντος (Mīmántos), genitive case of Μίμᾱς (Mímās), from earlier Μίμανς (Mímans).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈmænti.ən/

Adjective

Mimantean (not comparable)

1. (mythology) Of or relating to the giant Mimas in Greek mythology
   • 1908, Jane Ellen Harrison, “Orphic Mysteries”, in Prolegomena to the study of Greek religion, page 514:

     Draughts from the fount of Nile [...] or the steep Mimantian height, Snow-capped

2. (astronomy) Of or relating to the Saturnian moon named for Mimas
   • 2008, Samantha Harvey (NASA/JPL), Solar System Exploration‎^[1], page Saturn: Moons: Mimas:

     This is puzzling because Mimas is closer to Saturn than Enceladus, and the Mimantean orbit is much more eccentric (out of round) than the Enceladean orbit.

   • 2011, Paul M. Schenk, “Geology of Mimas?”, in 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference:

     a global thermal event early in Mimantian history erased all record of ancient impacts

Noun

Mimantean (plural Mimanteans)

1. (fiction) An inhabitant of the Saturnian moon Mimas
   • 2010 February 19, Hulles, “Mimas!”, in sardonic postmodern humor‎^[2]:

     I went back to the grind of reviewing that day's Cassini photographs. Imagine my shock when I noticed that Mimas, one of the inner moons of Saturn, had acquired a concave depression in it since the last fly-by! Of course, I immediately realized that the Mimanteans had constructed a fully armed and operational Death Star!

See also

• Mimas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia