Cassiopeia
See also: Cassiopéia
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCassiopeia
- (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, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus.
Meronyms
editDerived terms
edit- (constellation): Cas (abbreviated form), Cassiopeiae (Latin genitive form)
- Cassiopeia's Chair
Translations
editmythical wife of Cepheus
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constellation
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Dutch
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCassiopeia f
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käs̠ːiɔˈpɛi̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käsːioˈpɛi̯ä]
Proper noun
editCassiopeia f sg (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (the proud wife of Ethiopian king Cepheus and mother of Andromeda)
- (astronomy) the constellation Cassiopeia
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, singular only.
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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin Cassiopēa.[1]
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: Cas‧si‧o‧pei‧a
Proper noun
editCassiopeia f
- (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)
- (astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky)
References
edit- ^ “Cassiopeia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCassiopeia f
- (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)
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