Pasiphae

See also: Pasiphaë

English

Alternative forms

• Pasiphaë

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πασιφάη (Pasipháē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pəˈsɪf.eɪ.i/ (compare with Danae)

Proper noun

Pasiphae

1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Helios and the sister of Circe. She was raised as a princess at Cholchis, and then given in marriage to King Minos of Crete. With Minos, she was the mother of Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, and Catreus. She was also the mother of the Minotaur.
2. (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.

Translations

daughter of Helios

• Greek: Πασιφάη (el) f (Pasifái)
• Italian: Pasifae f, Pasife f

satellite of Jupiter

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木衛八／木卫八 (Mùwèibā)

• Japanese: パシファエ (ja) (Pashifae)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Pāsiphaa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πασιφάη (Pasipháē), derived from πᾶσι (pâsi, “to all”) + φάος (pháos, “light”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /paːˈsi.pʰa.eː/, [päːˈs̠ɪpʰäeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paˈsi.fa.e/, [päˈs̬iːfäe]

Proper noun

Pāsiphaē f sg (genitive Pāsiphaēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Pasiphae

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pāsiphaē
Genitive	Pāsiphaēs
Dative	Pāsiphaae
Accusative	Pāsiphaēn
Ablative	Pāsiphaē
Vocative	Pāsiphaē

Descendants

• → English: Pasiphae
• Italian: Pasifae, Pasife

References

• “Pasiphae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pasiphae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.