Ganymede

See also: Ganymède and ganymède

English

The moon Ganymede.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “meant to please”), from γάνυμαι (gánumai, “I rejoice, I am glad”) + μήδεα (mḗdea, “thought, intention”). Doublet of catamite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡænɪmiːd/

Proper noun

Ganymede

2. (Greek mythology) A Trojan boy who was abducted (either by Zeus or Eos), and ultimately became immortal in order to be Zeus' cupbearer.
4. (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.

Derived terms

• Ganymedean

Translations

in Greek mythology

• Afrikaans: Ganumedes
• Arabic: غَانِيمَادَس‎ m (ḡanimādas)
• Armenian: Գանիմեդ (Ganimed)
• Azerbaijani: Qanimed
• Catalan: Ganimedes
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伽倪墨得斯 (Jiānímòdesī)

• Danish: Ganymedes
• Finnish: Ganymedes (fi)
• French: Ganymède (fr) m
• Georgian: განიმედე (ganimede)
• German: Ganymed m
• Greek: Γανυμήδης (el) m (Ganymídis)

  Ancient: Γανυμήδης m (Ganumḗdēs)

• Greenlandic: Ganymedesi
• Inuktitut: ᒑᓂᒥᑦ (caanimit)
• Japanese: ガニュメーデース (Ganyumēdēsu)
• Korean: 가니메데스 (Ganimedeseu)
• Latin: Ganymēdēs
• Polish: Ganimedes (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ganímedes f (Portugal), Ganimedes f (Brazil)
• Russian: Ганиме́д (ru) m (Ganiméd)
• Spanish: Ganimedes m

satellite of Jupiter

• Afrikaans: Ganumedes
• Arabic: جَانِيمِيد‎ f (ganimīd)
• Armenian: Գանիմեդ (Ganimed)
• Azerbaijani: Qanimed
• Catalan: Ganimedes
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木衛三／木卫三 (Mùwèisān), 甘尼米德 (Gānnímǐdé)

• Finnish: Ganymedes (fi)
• French: Ganymède (fr) f
• Georgian: განიმედე (ganimede)
• German: Ganymed m
• Greek: Γανυμήδης (el) m (Ganymídis)
• Hawaiian: Kanimeki
• Italian: Ganimede m
• Japanese: ガニメデ (ja) (Ganimede)
• Korean: 가니메데 (Ganimede)
• Polish: Ganimedes (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ganímedes (Portugal), Ganimedes (Brazil)
• Russian: Ганиме́д (ru) m (Ganiméd)
• Spanish: Ganimedes m
• Swedish: Ganymedes (sv)

See also

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Noun

Ganymede (plural Ganymedes)

1. A servant boy or young waiter, particularly one who serves liquor.
2. A boy kept for pederastic purposes; a catamite.

Translations

servant boy

• Swedish: munskänk (sv) c

catamite

Further reading

• Ganymede (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ganymede (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• megadyne