Pasiphae
See also: Pasiphaë
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πασιφάη (Pasipháē).
Pronunciation edit
IPA(key): /pəˈsɪf.eɪ.i/ (compare with Danae)
Proper noun edit
Pasiphae
- (Greek mythology) The daughter of Helios and the sister of Circe. She was raised as a princess at Cholchis, and then given in marriage to King Minos of Crete. With Minos, she was the mother of Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, and Catreus. She was also the mother of the Minotaur.
- (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.
Translations edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Πασιφάη (Pasipháē), derived from πᾶσι (pâsi, “to all”) + φάος (pháos, “light”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paːˈsi.pʰa.eː/, [päːˈs̠ɪpʰäeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈsi.fa.e/, [päˈs̬iːfäe]
Proper noun edit
Pāsiphaē f sg (genitive Pāsiphaēs); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Pāsiphaē |
Genitive | Pāsiphaēs |
Dative | Pāsiphaae |
Accusative | Pāsiphaēn |
Ablative | Pāsiphaē |
Vocative | Pāsiphaē |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Pasiphae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pasiphae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.