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
- (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.
- (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.
Translations
daughter of Helios
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satellite of Jupiter
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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]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈsi.fa.e/, [päˈs̬iːfäe]
Proper noun
Pāsiphaē f sg (genitive Pāsiphaēs); first declension
- (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