Ixion

Ixion

See also: Ixión

English

Ixion astrological symbol

Etymology

From Latin Ixīōn, from Ancient Greek Ἰξίων (Ixíōn, literally “strong native”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsaɪ.ən/
• enPR: ĭk'sē-ŏn'

Proper noun

Ixion

1. (Greek mythology) King of Lapiths, who was punished by Zeus for trying to seduce Hera by being bound to a winged fiery wheel that was always spinning.
   • 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, OCLC 558196156:

     As to fitfulness, I have never learnt the art of binding myself to any of the wheels on which the Ixions of these days are turning round and round.

   • 2019 November 30, Annalisa Quinn, “Latin Dictionary’s Journey: A to Zythum in 125 Years (and Counting)”, in New York Times‎:

     The complicated conjunction and adverb “ut” also looms. Mr. Butterfield said that it is “the sort of infernal business that would make Sisyphus and Ixion smile kindly on the job satisfaction they got from their daily toil,” referring to figures from classical mythology forced to labor in pain for eternity.

2. (astronomy) A Kuiper belt object (KBO), 28978 Ixion (provisional designation 2001 KX₇₆), once thought to be a possible dwarf planet.

Translations

king of Lapiths

Alemannic German: Ixion m Catalan: Ixíon (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 小行星 (zh) Dutch: Ixion m Esperanto: Iksiono Estonian: Iksion French: Ixion (fr) m German: Ixion m Greek: Ιξίονας m (Ixíonas) Ancient: Ἰξίων m (Ixíōn) Italian: Issione m Latin: Ixion m Limburgish: Ixsion m Polish: Ixion (pl) m Portuguese: Ixião m Russian: Иксион m (Iksion) Serbo-Croatian: Iksion (sh) m Slovene: Iksion m Spanish: Ixión Turkish: İksiyon Ukrainian: Іксіон m (Iksion)

a Kuiper Belt object

Alemannic German: Ixion m Catalan: Ixíon (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 小行星 (zh) Dutch: Ixion m Esperanto: Iksiono Estonian: Iksion French: Ixion (fr) m German: Ixion m Greek: Ιξίονας m (Ixíonas) Ancient: Ἰξίων m (Ixíōn) Italian: Issione m Latin: Ixion m Limburgish: Ixsion m Polish: Ixion (pl) m Portuguese: Ixião m Russian: Иксион m (Iksion) Serbo-Croatian: Iksion (sh) m Slovene: Iksion m Spanish: Ixión Ukrainian: Іксіон m (Iksion)

Further reading

• “Ixion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Ixion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 28978 Ixion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia