Cassiopeia
See also: Cassiopéia
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).
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Cassiopeia
- (Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
- (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Cepheus and Perseus and contains the stars Schedar and Caph.
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mythical wife of Cepheus
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constellation
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Cassiopeia f
Latin edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käs̠ːiɔˈpɛi̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käsːioˈpɛi̯ä]
Proper noun edit
Cassiopeia f sg (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus).
- (astronomy) the constellation Cassiopeia
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Cassiopeia |
Genitive | Cassiopeiae |
Dative | Cassiopeiae |
Accusative | Cassiopeiam |
Ablative | Cassiopeiā |
Vocative | Cassiopeia |
References edit
- “Cassĭŏpē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 1 Cassĭŏpē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese edit
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Cassiopēa.[1]
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- Hyphenation: Cas‧si‧o‧pei‧a
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Cassiopeia f
- (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)
- (astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky)
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- ^ “Cassiopeia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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Cassiopeia f
- (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)