Cepheus

Cepheus

English

The constellation Cepheus amid other northern constellations

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːfi.əs/, /ˈsiːfjuːs/

Proper noun

Cepheus

1. (Greek mythology) Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name.
2. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth.

Derived terms

• Cephei
• cepheid

Translations

mythical husband of Cassiopeia

Catalan: Cefeu (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 西福斯 (sai1 fuk1 si1), 克甫斯 (hak1 fu2 si1), 刻甫斯 (hak1 fu2 si1) 西裴斯 (sai1 pui4 si1) 賽福斯 (coi3 fuk1 si1) Mandarin: 西福斯 (Xīfúsī), 克甫斯 (Kèfǔsī), 刻甫斯 (Kèfǔsī), 西裴斯 (Xīpéisī), 賽福斯／赛福斯 (Sàifúsī) Danish: Kefeus French: Céphée (fr) m Galician: Cefeo (gl) German: Kepheus m Greek: Κηφεύς (el) (Kiféfs) Ancient: Κηφεύς m (Kēpheús) Greenlandic: Kefeusi Inuktitut: ᓰᐱᐅᔅ (siipios) Irish: Ceiféas m Japanese: ケーペウス (Kēpeusu), ケペウス Korean: 케페우스 (kepe'useu) Polish: Cefeusz (pl) m Portuguese: Cefeu (pt) m Russian: Цефе́й (ru) m (Ceféj) Spanish: Cefeo m

constellation

Burmese: မြင်းတာရာ (my) (mrang:tara) Catalan: Cefeu (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 仙王座 (sin1 wong4 zo6) Mandarin: 仙王座 (zh) (Xiānwángzuò) Dutch: Cepheus (nl) m Estonian: Kefeus Finnish: Kefeus French: Céphée (fr) m Galician: Cefeo (gl) German: Kepheus m Greek: Ancient: Κηφεύς m (Kēpheús) Irish: Ceiféas m Japanese: ケフェウス座 (ja) (Kefeusu-za) Kazakh: Цефей (Sefei) Korean: 세페우스자리 (sepe'useujari) Latin: Cepheus m Malay: Cepheus Persian: کیکاوس‎ (keykāvūs), پادشاه‎ (fa) (pādšāh), قیقاوس‎ (qīqāvūs) Polish: Cefeusz (pl) m Russian: Цефе́й (ru) m (Ceféj) Spanish: Cefeus m, Cefeo m Tibetan: དྲང་སྲོང་རྒྱལ་པོའི་སྐར་ཚོམ་ (drang srong rgyal po'i skar tshom)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cēpheus, from Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː.fœy̯s/

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• Hyphenation: Ce‧pheus

Proper noun

Cepheus m

1. (Greek mythology) Cepheus
2. (astronomy) Cepheus

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Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.pʰeu̯s/, [ˈkeːpʰɛu̯s̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.feu̯s/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːfeu̯s]

Proper noun

Cēphe͡us m sg (genitive Cēpheī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Cepheus (a king of Ethiopia, husband of Cassiopeia, father of Andromeda)
2. (astronomy) the constellation Cepheus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cēpheus
Genitive	Cēpheī
Dative	Cēpheō
Accusative	Cēpheum
Ablative	Cēpheō
Vocative	Cēphee

Derived terms

• Cēphēis (“daughter of Cepheus”, noun)
• Cēphēius (“of Cepheus”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφεῖος (Kēpheîos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /keːˈpʰeː.us/, [keːˈpʰeːʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈfe.us/, [t͡ʃeˈfɛːus]

Adjective

Cēphēus (feminine Cēphēa, neuter Cēphēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of Cepheus, Ethiopian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Cēphēus	Cēphēa	Cēphēum		Cēphēī	Cēphēae	Cēphēa
Genitive	Cēphēī	Cēphēae	Cēphēī		Cēphēōrum	Cēphēārum	Cēphēōrum
Dative	Cēphēō		Cēphēō		Cēphēīs
Accusative	Cēphēum	Cēphēam	Cēphēum		Cēphēōs	Cēphēās	Cēphēa
Ablative	Cēphēō	Cēphēā	Cēphēō		Cēphēīs
Vocative	Cēphēe	Cēphēa	Cēphēum		Cēphēī	Cēphēae	Cēphēa

References

• “Cepheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press