Cassiopeia
See also: Cassiopéia
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
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.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
mythical wife of Cepheus
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constellation
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DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Cassiopeia f
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käs̠ːiɔˈpɛi̯ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käsːioˈpɛi̯ä]
Proper nounEdit
Cassiopeia f sg (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus).
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin Cassiopēa.[1]
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: Cas‧si‧o‧pei‧a
Proper nounEdit
Cassiopeia f
- (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)
- (astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “Cassiopeia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Cassiopeia f
- (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)