Amalthea
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (Greek mythology): Amaltheia
Etymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἀμάλθεια (Amáltheia).
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: A‧mal‧the‧a
Proper noun
editAmalthea
- (Greek mythology) The most frequently mentioned foster mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a mountain cave, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph.
- (astronomy) The third most distant moon of Jupiter.
Derived terms
edit- (Greek mythology): horn of Amalthea
Translations
editgoat or nymph who suckled Zeus
third most distant moon Jupiter
Further reading
editPortuguese
editProper noun
editAmalthea f
- Alternative form of Amalteia
Turkish
editEtymology
editAncient Greek Ἀμάλθεια (Amáltheia).
Proper noun
editAmalthea
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- Turkish terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- tr:Astronomy
- tr:Moons of Jupiter