Dione
See also: dione
Translingual Edit
Etymology Edit
Latin Dionē (“mother of Venus”), from Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “mother of Aphrodite”)
Proper noun Edit
Dione f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.
Hypernyms Edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Heliconiinae - subfamily; Heliconiini - tribe
Hyponyms Edit
- (genus): Dione juno - type species; Dione glycera, Dione moneta - species
References Edit
- Dione (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Dione on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Dione on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin Dionē (“mother of Venus”), from Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “mother of Aphrodite”).
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
Dione (countable and uncountable, plural Diones)
- (Greek mythology) Mother of Aphrodite, and possibly the same as the goddess Rhea.
- (astronomy) A moon in Jupiter system, Solar System; The fourth largest moon of Saturn.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- A surname from French
Derived terms Edit
Translations Edit
mythology
moon of Saturn
name
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See also Edit
Anagrams Edit
Italian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē).
Proper noun Edit
Dione f
Anagrams Edit
Latin Edit
Proper noun Edit
Diōne
References Edit
- “Dione”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Dione in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette