Cepheus

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EnglishEdit

The constellation Cepheus amid other northern constellations

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːfi.əs/, /ˈsiːfjuːs/

Proper nounEdit

Cepheus

1. (Greek mythology) Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name.
2. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth.

Derived termsEdit

• Cephei
• cepheid

TranslationsEdit

mythical husband of Cassiopeia

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西福斯 (sai¹ fuk¹ si¹), 克甫斯 (hak¹ fu² si¹), 刻甫斯 (hak¹ fu² si¹) 西裴斯 (sai¹ pui⁴ si¹) 賽福斯 (coi³ fuk¹ si¹)

  Mandarin: 西福斯 (Xīfúsī), 克甫斯 (Kèfǔsī), 刻甫斯 (Kèfǔsī), 西裴斯 (Xīpéisī), 賽福斯 (Sàifúsī)

• Danish: Kefeus
• French: Céphée (fr) m
• Galician: Cefeo (gl)
• German: Kepheus m
• Greek: Κηφεύς (el) (Kiféfs)

• Greenlandic: Kefeusi
• Inuktitut: ᓰᐱᐅᔅ (siipius)
• Japanese: ケーペウス (Kēpeusu), ケペウス
• Korean: 케페우스 (kepe-useu)
• Polish: Cefeusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cefeu m
• Russian: Цефе́й (ru) m (Ceféj)
• Spanish: Cefeo m

constellation

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 仙王座 (sin¹ wong⁴ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 仙王座 (zh) (Xiānwángzuò)

• Estonian: Kefeus
• Finnish: Kefeus
• French: Céphée (fr) m
• Galician: Cefeo (gl)
• German: Kepheus m

• Japanese: ケフェウス座 (ja) (Kefeusu-za)
• Korean: 세페우스자리 (sepe-useujari)
• Malay: Cepheus
• Persian: کیکاوس‏‎ (keykāvūs), پادشاه‏‎ (fa) (pādšāh)
• Polish: Cefeusz (pl) m
• Russian: Цефе́й (ru) m (Ceféj)
• Spanish: Cefeus m, Cefeo m

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Proper nounEdit

Cepheus m

1. (astronomy) Cepheus

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LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.pʰe.us/, [ˈkeː.pʰe.ʊs]

Proper nounEdit

Cēpheus m (genitive Cēpheī); second declension

1. (mythology) Cepheus (a king of Ethiopia, husband of Cassiopeia, father of Andromeda)

InflectionEdit

Second declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Cēpheus
genitive	Cēpheī
dative	Cēpheō
accusative	Cēpheum
ablative	Cēpheō
vocative	Cēphee

Derived termsEdit

• Cēphēis (“daughter of Cepheus”, noun)
• Cēphēius (“of Cepheus”, adjective)

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Κηφεῖος (Kēpheîos).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /keːˈpʰeː.us/, [keːˈpʰeː.ʊs]

AdjectiveEdit

Cēphēus (feminine Cēphēa, neuter Cēphēum); first/second declension

1. of Cepheus, Ethiopian

InflectionEdit

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	Cēphēus	Cēphēa	Cēphēum		Cēphēī	Cēphēae	Cēphēa
genitive	Cēphēī	Cēphēae	Cēphēī		Cēphēōrum	Cēphēārum	Cēphēōrum
dative	Cēphēō		Cēphēō		Cēphēīs
accusative	Cēphēum	Cēphēam	Cēphēum		Cēphēōs	Cēphēās	Cēphēa
ablative	Cēphēō	Cēphēā	Cēphēō		Cēphēīs
vocative	Cēphēe	Cēphēa	Cēphēum		Cēphēī	Cēphēae	Cēphēa

ReferencesEdit

• Cepheus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press