Cassiopeia

See also: Cassiopéia

Contents

EnglishEdit

The constellation Cassiopeia

Alternative formsEdit

• Cassiope

EtymologyEdit

From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæsi.əˈpiːə/

Proper nounEdit

Cassiopeia

1. (Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Eritrea. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
2. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Cepheus and Perseus.

Derived termsEdit

• Cassiopeiae
• Cassiopeia's Chair

TranslationsEdit

mythical wife of Cepheus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡西奧佩亞, 卡西歐佩亞 (Kǎxīàopèiyà)

• Danish: Kassiopeia
• French: Cassiopée (fr) f
• Galician: Casiopea (gl)
• German: Cassiopeia f
• Greek: Κασσιόπεια (el) f (Kassiópeia), Κασσιόπη (el) f (Kassiópi)

• Greenlandic: Kassiopeja
• Inuktitut: ᑲᔅᓯᐅᐱᔭ (kassiupija)
• Italian: Cassiopea (it) f
• Japanese: カッシオペイア (Kasshiopeia)
• Polish: Kasjopeja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Cassiopeia (pt) f
• Russian: Кассиопе́я (ru) f (Kassiopéja)

constellation

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 仙后座 (sin¹ hau⁶ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 仙后座 (zh) (Xiānhòuzuò)

• Faroese: Mariurokkur m
• Finnish: Kassiopeia
• French: Cassiopée (fr) f
• Galician: Casiopea (gl)
• German: Cassiopeia f
• Greek: Κασσιόπη (el) f (Kassiópi)
• Hawaiian: ʻIwakeliʻi
• Italian: Cassiopea (it) f

• Japanese: カシオペヤ座 (ja) (Kashiopeya-za)
• Korean: 카시오페이아자리 (kasiopeiajari)
• Malay: Ratu Kerusi
• Navajo: náhookǫs biʼáád
• Persian: شاهبانو‏‎ (šāhbānū), خداوند کرسی‏‎ (xodāvand-e-korsī), سودابه‏‎ (sūdābe)
• Polish: Kasjopeja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Cassiopeia (pt) f
• Russian: Кассиопе́я (ru) f (Kassiopéja)
• Spanish: Cassiopeia (es)
• Tagalog: Kaayopeya

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DutchEdit

Proper nounEdit

Cassiopeia f

1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia

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LatinEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• Cassiopē
• Cassiopēa, Cassiepēa, Cassiepeia

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kas.si.oˈpej.ja/, [kas.si.ɔˈpɛj.ja]

Proper nounEdit

Cassiopeia f (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus).

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Cassiopeia
genitive	Cassiopeiae
dative	Cassiopeiae
accusative	Cassiopeiam
ablative	Cassiopeiā
vocative	Cassiopeia

ReferencesEdit

• Cassĭŏpē in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “1 Cassĭŏpē” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• Cassiopéia (superseded)

Proper nounEdit

Cassiopeia f

1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)
2. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky)

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SpanishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Cassiopeia ?

1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)