Galatea

Galatea

See also: galatea

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɡæləˈtɪə/

Proper noun

Galatea

1. (Greek mythology) Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.
2. (Greek mythology) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.
3. (Greek mythology) Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.
4. (astronomy) A moon of Neptune.
5. (astronomy) 74 Galatea, a main belt asteroid.
6. A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.

Translations

Galatea

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: Galateia French: Galatée (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Russian: Галате́я (ru) f (Galatéja)

References

• NZ Topo Map

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γαλάτεια (Galáteia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡa.laˈteː.a/, [ɡäɫ̪äˈt̪eːä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡa.laˈte.a/, [ɡäläˈt̪ɛːä]

Proper noun

Galatēa f sg (genitive Galatēae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Galatea

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Galatēa
Genitive	Galatēae
Dative	Galatēae
Accusative	Galatēam
Ablative	Galatēā
Vocative	Galatēa