ambrosia

en-noun

ambrosia (countable and uncountable, plural ambrosias)

From Latin ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “immortality”), from ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βροτός (brotós, “mortal”).

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He had a most intense admiration of female loveliness, and looked upon woman as a kind of super-angelic being, whose food should be the ambrosiæ and nectar of the gods, and whose garments the spotless white of vestal purity.

1845 November, Caroline Lee Hentz, “The Mysterious Reticule”, in Sarah J[osepha] Hale, Morton M’Michael, Louis A[ntoine] Godey, editors, Godey’s Magazine and Lady’s Book, volume XXXI, number 16, Philadelphia, Pa.: Louis A. Godey, […], page 202, column 1:

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The anointing-oil of the gods.


ambrosia

From Latin ambrosia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσίᾱ (ambrosíā, “immortality”).


ambrosia

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) ambrosia (food of gods or delicious foods)


ambrosia

ambrosia (indefinite nominative singular)


heros

heros (nominative singular)
herosi (nominative plural)
herosowie (nominative plural)
herosa (genitive singular)
herosów (genitive plural)
herosowi (dative singular)
herosom (dative plural)
herosa (accusative singular)
herosów (accusative plural)
herosem (instrumental singular)
herosami (instrumental plural)
herosie (locative singular)
herosach (locative plural)
herosie (singular vocative)
herosi (plural vocative)
herosowie (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin hērōs, from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs). Doublet of gieroj.


Bacchus

la-proper noun

Bacchus m (genitive Bacchī); second declension

Bacchī (genitive)
Bacchus (nominative singular)
Bacchī (nominative plural)
Bacchī (genitive singular)
Bacchōrum (genitive plural)
Bacchō (dative singular)
Bacchīs (dative plural)
Bacchum (accusative singular)
Bacchōs (accusative plural)
Bacchō (ablative singular)
Bacchīs (ablative plural)
Bacche (singular vocative)
Bacchī (plural vocative)

→ English: Bacchus (learned)

→ French: Bacchus (learned)

→ Italian: Bacco, bacco (learned)

→ Portuguese: Baco (learned)

→ Spanish: Baco (learned)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Bacchus


Oceanid

(Greek mythology) Any of the sea nymphs, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.


Prometheus

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From Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús), from πρό (pró, “before”) + μανθάνω (manthánō, “to think”).

(Greek mythology) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.


Prometheus

head

Prometheus m (genitive Prometheus or Prometheus')

Prometheus (genitive)
Prometheus' (genitive)

From Latin Promēthe͡us or from Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús).


Prometheus

la-proper noun

Promētheus m sg (genitive Promētheī or Promētheos); second declension

Promētheus (canonical masculine singular)
Promētheī (genitive)
Promētheos (genitive)
Promētheus (nominative singular)
Promētheī (genitive singular)
Promētheos (genitive singular)
Promētheō (dative singular)
Promētheum (accusative singular)
Promēthea (accusative singular)
Promētheō (ablative singular)
Promētheu (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús).


Thetis

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(Greek mythology) One of the Nereids; the mother of Achilles


Terpsichore

From Ancient Greek Τερψιχόρη (Terpsikhórē, from τέρψις (térpsis, “enjoyment, delight”) + χορός (khorós, “chorus”)).

uder

(Greek mythology) The goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne.


Poseidon

(Greek mythology) The god of the sea and other waters, earthquakes and horses; corresponds to the Roman god Neptune.


Poseidon

Poseidon (nominative singular)
Poseidona (genitive singular)
Poseidonovi (dative singular)
Poseidona (accusative singular)
Poseidone (singular vocative)
Poseidonovi (locative singular)
Poseidonem (instrumental singular)


Poseidon

de-proper noun

Poseidon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Poseidons)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).


Poseidon

(Greek mythology) Poseidon (god of the sea)


Poseidon

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).


Elysian Fields

Calque of Latin Campī Ēlysiī, from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον Πεδῐ́ον (Ēlúsion Pedíon). By surface analysis, Elysian + fields.

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Ἠλῠ́σῐον Πεδῐ́ον

Indeed, the Elysian Fields themselves were a part of Hades, though they have since been removed to Paris.

1911, Ambrose Bierce, “Hades”, in The Devil’s Dictionary, New York, N.Y., Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 127:

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Elysium; home of the blessed, after death.

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home of the blessed after death in Greek and Roman mythology — see also Elysium


Elysium

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον) (Ēlúsion (Pedíon)).

Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον)

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The home of the blessed after death.

至福樂土

home of the blessed after death in Greek and Roman mythology — see also Elysian Fields


Elysium

de-noun

Elysium n (strong, genitive Elysiums, plural Elysien)

Elysiums (genitive)
Elysien (plural)
Elysium (nominative singular)
Elysien (definite nominative plural)
Elysiums (genitive singular)
Elysien (definite genitive plural)
Elysium (dative singular)
Elysien (dative definite plural)
Elysium (accusative singular)
Elysien (accusative definite plural)

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Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον)

Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,

1785, Friedrich Schiller, Ode an die Freude, 1nd stanza, lines 1-4

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Elysium (home of the blessed after death)


Elysium

la-proper noun

Ēlysium n sg (genitive Ēlysiī or Ēlysī); second declension

Ēlysium (canonical neuter singular)
Ēlysiī (genitive)
Ēlysī (genitive)
Ēlysium (nominative singular)
Ēlysiī (genitive singular)
Ēlysī (genitive singular)
Ēlysiō (dative singular)
Ēlysium (accusative singular)
Ēlysiō (ablative singular)
Ēlysium (singular vocative)

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→ French: Élysée m, Elysée
→ English: Élysée
→ Korean: 엘리제 (Ellije)

[eːˈlʲʏs̠iʊ̃ˑ]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Ēlúsion).


Urano

(Greek mythology) Uranus, Greek god of the sky and heavens.


Urano

From Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós), from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).


Urano

(Greek mythology) Uranus (primal god of the sky)


Urano

[ʔʊˈɾaː.n̪o]


Promethean

The adjective is derived from Prometheus (“demigod in Greek mythology”) + -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns). Prometheus is a learned borrowing from Latin Promētheus, and from its etymon Ancient Greek Προμηθεύς (Promētheús), from προμηθής (promēthḗs, “having forethought”) (from προ- (pro-, prefix meaning ‘before’) + μᾰνθᾰ́νω (manthánō, “to learn; to know, understand”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to mind; to think”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place, put”), in the sense of putting one’s mind to something)) + -εύς (-eús, suffix forming a masculine noun of the person concerned with a thing).
The noun is derived from the adjective.

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I carried with me some promethean matches, which I ignited by biting; it was thought so wonderful that a man should strike fire with his teeth, that it was usual to collect the whole family to see it: I was once offered a dollar for a single one.

1839, Charles Darwin, chapter III, in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 47:

(also attributive, historical) A kind of lucifer match consisting of a glass tube containing sulfuric acid coated on the outside with a flammable mixture of potassium chlorate and sugar and wrapped in paper rolls; the match was lit by crushing the tube with pliers, causing the acid to react with and ignite the flammable components. This type of match was superseded by the friction match which was lit by rubbing against a rough surface.


euhemerize

en-verb

euhemerize (third-person singular simple present euhemerizes, present participle euhemerizing, simple past and past participle euhemerized)

euhemerizes (present singular third-person)
euhemerizing (participle present)
euhemerized (participle past)
euhemerized (past)

From euhemerism + -ize, ultimately from Latin Euhēmerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros), an ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic who proposed most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which received supernatural characteristics only through retelling.

Confucian scholars frequently euhemerized the myths used to explain religious rituals to the public.

He did but extend to the New Testament the Euhemerising principles which Eichhorn had applied to the Old.

1871, Frederic William Farrar, The Witness of History to Christ, page 57:

The legend of Semiramis was a euhemerised version of the story of Istar.

1887 September 3, I. Taylor, The Academy, page 143:

(transitive, intransitive, derogatory) To invent a plausible but fanciful historical origin for something in order to rationalize mythology and legends.

rationalize

fanciful creation of rational explanations for the supernatural

The Yellow Emperor was perhaps euhemerized from a prehistoric tribal leader.

(transitive, intransitive) Synonym of deify: to actually create mythology and legends from ancient historical figures and events.

évhémériser

to explain or interpret something through euhemerism


Nemean Lion

(Greek mythology) A mythical lion of ancient Nemea that was invulnerable to attack by weapons and was slain by Hercules as one of his labours.


Apeliotes

From Ancient Greek Ἀπηλιώτης (Apēliṓtēs).

(Greek mythology), the Greek god of the south east winds. Apeliotes is often depicted wearing gumboots and carrying fruit.


Plutón

From Latin Pluton, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn).


Erinys

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρῑνῡ́ς (Erīnū́s). Possibly "the angry spirits" from ὀρῑ́νω (orī́nō, “to raise, stir, excite [towards anger]”).

(Greek mythology) One of the female personifications of vengeance, particularly wrong or immoral deeds on behalf of the victims.


Moirae

From Ancient Greek Μοῖραι (Moîrai, “Moirae”), from μοῖρᾰ (moîra, “lot, destiny”).

(Greek mythology) The Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, the goddesses, who controlled every person's destiny by weaving the thread of life.


Atropos

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From Ancient Greek Ἄτροπος (Átropos), literally meaning inflexible or not turning, from the Greek a-, (not) + tropos, (to turn).

(Greek mythology) One of the three Fates, or Moirae; a daughter of Zeus and Themis; the cutter of the thread of life, depicted as an old woman. Her Roman counterpart is Morta.


Atropos

Atropos (nominative singular)
Atropos (accusative nominative singular)
Atropoksen (accusative genitive singular)
Atropoksen (genitive singular)
Atroposta (partitive singular)
Atropoksessa (inessive singular)
Atropoksesta (elative singular)
Atropokseen (illative singular)
Atropoksella (adessive singular)
Atropokselta (ablative singular)
Atropokselle (allative singular)
Atropoksena (essive singular)
Atropokseksi (singular translative)
Atropoksetta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Atropokseni (nominative singular)
Atropokseni (accusative nominative singular)
Atropokseni (accusative genitive singular)
Atropokseni (genitive singular)
Atropostani (partitive singular)
Atropoksessani (inessive singular)
Atropoksestani (elative singular)
Atropokseeni (illative singular)
Atropoksellani (adessive singular)
Atropokseltani (ablative singular)
Atropokselleni (allative singular)
Atropoksenani (essive singular)
Atropoksekseni (singular translative)
Atropoksettani (abessive singular)
Atropoksesi (nominative singular)
Atropoksesi (accusative nominative singular)
Atropoksesi (accusative genitive singular)
Atropoksesi (genitive singular)
Atropostasi (partitive singular)
Atropoksessasi (inessive singular)
Atropoksestasi (elative singular)
Atropokseesi (illative singular)
Atropoksellasi (adessive singular)
Atropokseltasi (ablative singular)
Atropoksellesi (allative singular)
Atropoksenasi (essive singular)
Atropokseksesi (singular translative)
Atropoksettasi (abessive singular)
Atropoksemme (nominative singular)
Atropoksemme (accusative nominative singular)
Atropoksemme (accusative genitive singular)
Atropoksemme (genitive singular)
Atropostamme (partitive singular)
Atropoksessamme (inessive singular)
Atropoksestamme (elative singular)
Atropokseemme (illative singular)
Atropoksellamme (adessive singular)
Atropokseltamme (ablative singular)
Atropoksellemme (allative singular)
Atropoksenamme (essive singular)
Atropokseksemme (singular translative)
Atropoksettamme (abessive singular)
Atropoksenne (nominative singular)
Atropoksenne (accusative nominative singular)
Atropoksenne (accusative genitive singular)
Atropoksenne (genitive singular)
Atropostanne (partitive singular)
Atropoksessanne (inessive singular)
Atropoksestanne (elative singular)
Atropokseenne (illative singular)
Atropoksellanne (adessive singular)
Atropokseltanne (ablative singular)
Atropoksellenne (allative singular)
Atropoksenanne (essive singular)
Atropokseksenne (singular translative)
Atropoksettanne (abessive singular)
Atropoksensa (nominative singular)
Atropoksensa (accusative nominative singular)
Atropoksensa (accusative genitive singular)
Atropoksensa (genitive singular)
Atropostaan (partitive singular)
Atropostansa (partitive singular)
Atropoksessaan (inessive singular)
Atropoksessansa (inessive singular)
Atropoksestaan (elative singular)
Atropoksestansa (elative singular)
Atropokseensa (illative singular)
Atropoksellaan (adessive singular)
Atropoksellansa (adessive singular)
Atropokseltaan (ablative singular)
Atropokseltansa (ablative singular)
Atropokselleen (allative singular)
Atropoksellensa (allative singular)
Atropoksenaan (essive singular)
Atropoksenansa (essive singular)
Atropoksekseen (singular translative)
Atropokseksensa (singular translative)
Atropoksettaan (abessive singular)
Atropoksettansa (abessive singular)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἄτροπος (Átropos)

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(Greek mythology) Atropos (one of he Fates in Greek mythology)


Menoetius

From Ancient Greek Μενοίτιος (Menoítios). The name "Menoetius" literally means "defying fate" or "ruined strength".

(Greek mythology) A Titan, son of Iapetus and Clymene, he had three brothers: Atlas, Prometheus and Epimetheus. He joined Cronus and the Titans in their unsuccessful war against the Olympian gods. Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt and sent him down to Tartarus.

(Greek mythology) One of Hades' shepherds on Erythea. He told Geryon when Heracles stole Geryon's herd.

(Greek mythology) Father of Patroclus and son of Actor. (Iliad, XI, 765)


Hephaestus

From Ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos), a pre-Greek word of unknown origin.

(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.


Oceanus

From Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós). Doublet of ocean.

(Greek mythology) Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god Ωκεανός Ποταμός (Ōkeanós Potamós, “River Ocean”) that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.


Helios

From Ancient Greek Ἥλιος (Hḗlios), from ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).

(Greek mythology) The god of the Sun; son of Hyperion and Theia, brother of Selene and Eos, father of Phaeton amongst others. His Roman counterpart is Sol.


Helios

Helios (nominative singular)
Heliosa (genitive singular)
Heliosowi (dative singular)
Heliosa (accusative singular)
Heliosem (instrumental singular)
Heliosie (locative singular)
Heliosie (singular vocative)


Nyx

(Greek mythology) The primordial goddess of night.


Nyx

Nyx (nominative singular)
Nykty (genitive singular)
Nyktě (dative singular)
Nyktu (accusative singular)
Nykto (singular vocative)
Nyktě (locative singular)
Nyktou (instrumental singular)

Aether, syn Ereba a Nykty, stvořil nebe, Zemi, moře[…]

1905, “Aether”, in Malý Ottův slovník naučný, Praha: J. Otto, page 23:

Aether, son of Erebus and Nyx, created the Heaven, the Earth and the Sea […]


Erato

(Greek mythology) The goddess of lyric poetry, particularly erotic poetry, eroticism, and mimic imitation, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne. Usually depicted with a crown/wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre and a golden arrow and doves. Often accompanies Eros/Cupid.


Erato

(Greek mythology) Erato (muse of lyric poetry)


Polyhymnia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πολυύμνια (Poluúmnia), Πολύμνια (Polúmnia)

(Greek mythology) The Muse of sacred music.


Ulysses

(Greek mythology) Ulysses (the hero of the Iliad and Odyssey), Latin name form of Odysseus


Lachesis

And if it were asked how it is known that the pocket in which Erskine kept this key was sewn on to the front of his underhose, the answer to that would be this, that one day when Erskine was doing his number one against a bush, Watt, who as Lachesis would have it was doing his number one too against the same bush, but on the other side, caught a glimpse, through the bush, for it was a deciduous bush, of the key, gleaming among the flap buttons.

1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:

(Greek mythology) One of the three Fates (Moirae), daughter of Zeus and Themis; the measurer of each thread of life. Her Roman equivalent is Decima.


palladio

it-adj

palladio (feminine palladia, masculine plural palladi, feminine plural palladie)

palladia (feminine)
palladi (masculine plural)
palladie (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin Palladius, from Ancient Greek Παλλάδιος (Palládios), derived from Παλλάς (Pallás), epithet of the goddess Athena.

(Greek mythology) Palladian (of or pertaining to Athena)


quimera

Borrowed from Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat, chimera”). Cognate with English chimera.


Clotho

From Latin Clōthō, from Ancient Greek Κλωθώ (Klōthṓ), from κλώθω (klṓthō, literally “to spin”).

(Greek mythology) The youngest of the three Fates, a daughter of Zeus and Themis; the spinner of the thread of life. Her Roman equivalent is Nona.


Heracles

From Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), from Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).

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(Greek mythology): Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.


Heracles

(Greek mythology) Heracles (the son of Zeus)


Melpomene

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελπομένη (Melpoménē), from μέλπω (mélpō, “to sing”).


Melpomene

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελπομένη (Melpoménē).


Melpomene

(Greek mythology) Melpomene (Muse of tragedy)


Melpomene

From Ancient Greek Μελπομένη (Melpoménē).


Hecate

Via Latin Hecatē from Ancient Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekátē), possibly the feminine equivalent of Ἑκατός (Hekatós) or ἑκάεργος (hekáergos), an obscure epithet of Apollo, variously interpreted as "one who works/operates from afar", "one who drives off", "the far reaching one" or "the far-darter". Some rather suggest that the name derives from Ancient Greek ἑκών (hekṓn, “will”).

(astronomy) 100 Hekate, a main belt asteroid.


Hecate

la-proper noun

Hecatē f sg (genitive Hecatēs); first declension

Hecatē (canonical feminine singular)
Hecatēs (genitive)
Hecatē (nominative singular)
Hecatēs (genitive singular)
Hecatae (dative singular)
Hecatēn (accusative singular)
Hecatē (ablative singular)
Hecatē (singular vocative)

(Greek mythology) Hecate; daughter of the Titan Perses and Titaness Asteria (sister of Latona); the presider over enchantments, conjurations; a goddess of magic, the night moon, the underworld, and of the haunted crossroad; variously conflated with Roman deities Diana Trivia (crossroads), Luna (moonlight), and Proserpina (Hades)


Tethys

(Greek mythology) Personification of fertile waters, she was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, and with her brother Oceanus gave birth to all rivers and the Oceanids.


Euterpe

(Greek mythology) The Muse of music and lyric poetry.


Euterpe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐτέρπη (Eutérpē).


Euterpe

Borrowed from Latin Euterpe, from Ancient Greek Εὐτέρπη (Eutérpē).

(Greek mythology) Euterpe (the Muse of music and lyric poetry)


Urania

(Greek mythology) The Muse of astronomy.

(Greek mythology) One of the epithets of Aphrodite.


Urania

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).


Moira

(Greek mythology) The personification of fate, especially as Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos.


Moira

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μοῖρα (Moîra).


Moira

(Greek mythology) Moira (personification of fate)


Hestia

From Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), from ἑστία (hestía, “hearth”).

(Greek mythology) The virgin goddess of the hearth, and the household, and therefore of domestic life.


Hestia

Hestia (nominative singular)
Hestii (genitive singular)
Hestii (dative singular)
Hestię (accusative singular)
Hestią (instrumental singular)
Hestii (locative singular)
Hestio (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), from ἑστία (hestía, “hearth”).


Hestia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía).


Hestia

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), from ἑστία (hestía, “hearth”).


Epimetheus

From Ancient Greek Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús, “afterthought, hindsight”).

uder

(Greek mythology) Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.


Epimetheus

la-proper noun

Epimētheus m sg (genitive Epimētheī or Epimētheos); second declension

Epimētheus (canonical masculine singular)
Epimētheī (genitive)
Epimētheos (genitive)
Epimētheus (nominative singular)
Epimētheī (genitive singular)
Epimētheos (genitive singular)
Epimētheō (dative singular)
Epimētheum (accusative singular)
Epimēthea (accusative singular)
Epimētheō (ablative singular)
Epimētheu (singular vocative)

[ɛpɪˈmeːt̪ʰɛu̯s̠]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús).


Gaia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γαῖᾰ (Gaîa, “Gaea, the Earth personified as a goddess”), from γαῖᾰ (gaîa, “the Earth”), probably related to γῆ (gê, “earth, land; country”).
Sense 1 was coined by the British scientist, environmentalist, and futurist James Lovelock (born 1919) in his book Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth (1979), at the suggestion of the British novelist, playwright, and poet William Golding (1911–1993): see the quotation.

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While investigating the Greek mythology, we have found reason to suppose that Juno, Ceres, and Gaia are but three different forms of the same original tradition of a divine feminine: of whom Ceres is the Pelasgian copy, Juno the vivid and powerful Hellenic development, and Gaia the original skeleton, retaining nothing of the old character, but having acquired the function of gaol-keeper for perjurors when sent to the other world.

1858, W[illiam] E[wart] Gladstone, “Ilios. The Trojans Compared and Contrasted with the Greeks.”, in Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age. … In Three Volumes, volume III, Oxford: At the University Press, →OCLC, page 153:

(Greek mythology) A Greek goddess, the personification of the earth, and one of the primordial deities from whom all the others descend.


Odysseus

(Greek mythology) The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey.

Odusseus

son of Laertes; Greek leader during the Trojan War


Trojan War

For the greater part of three thousand years since the date of the Trojan War, the imagination of poets and dramatists has been busy with its story.

1952, Olivia E. Coolidge, The Trojan War, Houghton Mifflin, published 1980, page ix:

The poems of the Epic Cycle are now lost. But what we know about them from ancient evidence is extremely important for our understanding about myth of the Trojan War. The poems of the Epic Cycle share the same mythological tradition with the famous Homeric poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, and in fact the Epic Cycle is even more representative of the Trojan War tradition than the Homeric poems.

2001, Jonathan S. Burgess, “The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle”, in Paperback, Johns Hopkins University Press, published 2004, page 1:

The Greeks and Romans believed that the Trojan War was both a real event and a pivotal point in world history; Herodotus and Thucydides discussed the Trojan War briefly in the opening pages of their respective books, written in the fifth century BCE.

2013, Eric H. Cline, The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, page 1:

(Greek mythology) A mythological decade-long war and siege, ending in the destruction of Troy, which, as described in Homer's Iliad, was waged by a coalition of Achaeans (Greeks) led by King Agamemnon against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen, wife of the Spartan King Menelaus, by Paris, son of the Trojan King Priam.


Ganymede

From French Ganymède, from Latin Ganymēdēs, from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “meant to please”), from γάνυμαι (gánumai, “I rejoice, I am glad”) + μήδεα (mḗdea, “thought, intention”). Doublet of catamite.

(Greek mythology) A Trojan boy who was abducted (either by Zeus or Eos), and ultimately became immortal in order to be Zeus' cupbearer.


Ganymede

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Ganimedes


Orpheus

From Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús), built from an uncertain root with the -εύς (-eús) suffix. Perhaps root-cognate to Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphan”).

cog

(Greek mythology) A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades.


Orpheus

From English Orpheus, from Ancient Greek.


Hercules

la-proper noun

Herculēs m sg (genitive Herculis or Herculī); third declension

Herculēs (canonical masculine singular)
Herculis (genitive)
Herculī (genitive)
Herculēs (nominative singular)
Herculēs (nominative plural)
Herculis (genitive singular)
Herculī (genitive singular)
Herculum (genitive plural)
Herculī (dative singular)
Herculibus (dative plural)
Herculem (accusative singular)
Herculēs (accusative plural)
Hercule (ablative singular)
Herculibus (ablative plural)
Herculē (singular vocative)
Herculēs (singular vocative)
Hercle (singular vocative)
Herculēs (plural vocative)

[ˈhɛrkʊɫ̪eːs̠]

Via the Etruscan 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌋𐌄 (hercle), from the Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), apparently cognate of Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) and, according to Haudry, from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).

der

Nē Herculēs quidem contrā/adversus duōs (Μηδ’ Ἡρακλῆς πρὸς δύο).

(Greek mythology) Hercules, Heracles, heroic son of Zeus.


Andromeda

/ænˈdɹɒmɪdə/

/ænˈdɹɑmɪdə/

Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda), Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Eritrea, rescued from her sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus by Perseus, who married her; mother of Perses, ancient king of Persia.


Andromeda

Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda).


Andromeda

Andromeda (nominative singular)
Andromeda (accusative nominative singular)
Andromedan (accusative genitive singular)
Andromedan (genitive singular)
Andromedaa (partitive singular)
Andromedassa (inessive singular)
Andromedasta (elative singular)
Andromedaan (illative singular)
Andromedalla (adessive singular)
Andromedalta (ablative singular)
Andromedalle (allative singular)
Andromedana (essive singular)
Andromedaksi (singular translative)
Andromedatta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Andromedani (nominative singular)
Andromedani (accusative nominative singular)
Andromedani (accusative genitive singular)
Andromedani (genitive singular)
Andromedaani (partitive singular)
Andromedassani (inessive singular)
Andromedastani (elative singular)
Andromedaani (illative singular)
Andromedallani (adessive singular)
Andromedaltani (ablative singular)
Andromedalleni (allative singular)
Andromedanani (essive singular)
Andromedakseni (singular translative)
Andromedattani (abessive singular)
Andromedasi (nominative singular)
Andromedasi (accusative nominative singular)
Andromedasi (accusative genitive singular)
Andromedasi (genitive singular)
Andromedaasi (partitive singular)
Andromedassasi (inessive singular)
Andromedastasi (elative singular)
Andromedaasi (illative singular)
Andromedallasi (adessive singular)
Andromedaltasi (ablative singular)
Andromedallesi (allative singular)
Andromedanasi (essive singular)
Andromedaksesi (singular translative)
Andromedattasi (abessive singular)
Andromedamme (nominative singular)
Andromedamme (accusative nominative singular)
Andromedamme (accusative genitive singular)
Andromedamme (genitive singular)
Andromedaamme (partitive singular)
Andromedassamme (inessive singular)
Andromedastamme (elative singular)
Andromedaamme (illative singular)
Andromedallamme (adessive singular)
Andromedaltamme (ablative singular)
Andromedallemme (allative singular)
Andromedanamme (essive singular)
Andromedaksemme (singular translative)
Andromedattamme (abessive singular)
Andromedanne (nominative singular)
Andromedanne (accusative nominative singular)
Andromedanne (accusative genitive singular)
Andromedanne (genitive singular)
Andromedaanne (partitive singular)
Andromedassanne (inessive singular)
Andromedastanne (elative singular)
Andromedaanne (illative singular)
Andromedallanne (adessive singular)
Andromedaltanne (ablative singular)
Andromedallenne (allative singular)
Andromedananne (essive singular)
Andromedaksenne (singular translative)
Andromedattanne (abessive singular)
Andromedansa (nominative singular)
Andromedansa (accusative nominative singular)
Andromedansa (accusative genitive singular)
Andromedansa (genitive singular)
Andromedaansa (partitive singular)
Andromedassaan (inessive singular)
Andromedassansa (inessive singular)
Andromedastaan (elative singular)
Andromedastansa (elative singular)
Andromedaansa (illative singular)
Andromedallaan (adessive singular)
Andromedallansa (adessive singular)
Andromedaltaan (ablative singular)
Andromedaltansa (ablative singular)
Andromedalleen (allative singular)
Andromedallensa (allative singular)
Andromedanaan (essive singular)
Andromedanansa (essive singular)
Andromedakseen (singular translative)
Andromedaksensa (singular translative)
Andromedattaan (abessive singular)
Andromedattansa (abessive singular)

From Latin Andromeda, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda).


Andromeda

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).


Andromeda

la-proper noun

Andromeda f sg (genitive Andromedae); first declension

Andromedae (genitive)
Andromeda (nominative singular)
Andromedae (genitive singular)
Andromedae (dative singular)
Andromedam (accusative singular)
Andromedā (ablative singular)
Andromeda (singular vocative)

[än̪ˈd̪rɔmɛd̪ä]

[än̪ˈd̪rɔːmed̪ä]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda).

(Greek mythology) Andromeda (a daughter of Ethiopian king Cepheus and Cassiopeia)


Andromeda

sh-proper noun

Andròmeda f (Cyrillic spelling Андро̀меда)

Andròmeda (canonical feminine)
Андро̀меда (Cyrillic)


Hermes

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From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of disputed meaning and origin, possibly of non-Indo-European substrate or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).

der

(Greek mythology) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.


Hermes

cs-proper noun

Hermes m anim (related adjective Hermův)

Hermův (adjective)
Hermes (nominative singular)
Herma (genitive singular)
Hermovi (dative singular)
Herma (accusative singular)
Herme (singular vocative)
Hermovi (locative singular)
Hermem (instrumental singular)


Hermes

la-proper noun

Hermēs m sg (genitive Hermae); first declension

Hermēs (canonical masculine singular)
Hermae (genitive)
Hermēs (nominative singular)
Hermae (nominative plural)
Hermae (genitive singular)
Hermārum (genitive plural)
Hermae (dative singular)
Hermīs (dative plural)
Hermēn (accusative singular)
Hermās (accusative plural)
Hermē (ablative singular)
Hermīs (ablative plural)
Hermē (singular vocative)
Hermae (plural vocative)


Hermes

Hermes (nominative singular)
Hermesa (genitive singular)
Hermesowi (dative singular)
Hermesa (accusative singular)
Hermesem (instrumental singular)
Hermesie (locative singular)
Hermesie (singular vocative)


Hermes

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of unknown meaning and origin.

bor+

(Greek mythology) Hermes (messenger of the gods)


Hermes

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).


Hermes

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês).


fata

la-proper noun

fāta f (genitive fātae); first declension

fāta (canonical feminine)
fātae (genitive)
fāta (nominative singular)
fātae (nominative plural)
fātae (genitive singular)
fātārum (genitive plural)
fātae (dative singular)
fātābus (dative plural)
fātam (accusative singular)
fātās (accusative plural)
fātā (ablative singular)
fātābus (ablative plural)
fāta (singular vocative)
fātae (plural vocative)

From fātum (“destiny, lot, fate”) and fātus (“oracle, prophecy, fate”); derived from verb for (“I speak”) from Proto-Italic *fāōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti (“to speak”).

der

(Greek mythology) Fate; Moira; goddess who controls destiny; divine personification of fate


Evropa

Evrópa (canonical feminine)
Евро́па (Cyrillic)
Evropa (nominative singular)
Evrope (genitive singular)
Evropi (dative singular)
Evropu (accusative singular)
Evropo (singular vocative)
Evropi (locative singular)
Evropom (instrumental singular)

(Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, Greek mythology) Europa (princess abducted to Crete by Zeus in Greek mythology)


Evropa

Evrọ̑pa (canonical feminine)
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Evrópa (nominative singular)
Evrópe (genitive singular)
Evrópi (dative singular)
Evrópo (accusative singular)
Evrópi (locative singular)
Evrópo (instrumental singular)


Европа

bg-proper noun

Евро́па • (Evrópa) f (relational adjective европе́йски)

Евро́па (canonical)
Evrópa (romanization)
европе́йски (adjective relational)
Евро́па (indefinite singular)

bg-ndecl

Евро́па</n:sg>

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(Greek mythology) Europa (princess abducted to Crete by Zeus in Greek mythology)


Европа

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Европа • (Yevropa) (Arabic spelling يەۋروپا)

Yevropa (romanization)
يەۋروپا (Arabic)
Европа (nominative singular)
Европанын (genitive singular)
Европага (dative singular)
Европаны (accusative singular)
Европада (locative singular)
Европадан (ablative singular)
Европам (first-person nominative singular)
Европамдын (first-person genitive singular)
Европама (dative first-person singular)
Европамды (accusative first-person singular)
Европамда (first-person locative singular)
Европамдан (ablative first-person singular)
Европаң (informal nominative second-person singular)
Европаңдын (genitive informal second-person singular)
Европаңа (dative informal second-person singular)
Европаңды (accusative informal second-person singular)
Европаңда (informal locative second-person singular)
Европаңдан (ablative informal second-person singular)
Европаңыз (formal nominative second-person singular)
Европаңыздын (formal genitive second-person singular)
Европаңызга (dative formal second-person singular)
Европаңызды (accusative formal second-person singular)
Европаңызда (formal locative second-person singular)
Европаңыздан (ablative formal second-person singular)

Borrowed from Russian Евро́па (Jevrópa), from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē).


Европа

mk-proper noun

Е́вропа • (Évropa) f (relational adjective е́вропски)

Е́вропа (canonical)
Évropa (romanization)
е́вропски (adjective relational)
Европа (indefinite singular)
Европата (definite singular unspecified)
Европава (definite proximal singular)
Европана (definite distal singular)
Европо (singular vocative)


Европа

ru-proper noun+

европе́йский

Евро́па • (Jevrópa) f anim or f inan (genitive Евро́пы, relational adjective европе́йский)

Евро́па (canonical)
Jevrópa (romanization)
Евро́пы (genitive)
европе́йский (adjective relational)
Евро́па (nominative singular)
Евро́пы (genitive singular)
Евро́пе (dative singular)
Евро́пу (accusative singular)
Евро́пой (instrumental singular)
Евро́пою (instrumental singular)
Евро́пе (prepositional singular)
Евро́па (dated nominative singular)
Евро́пы (dated genitive singular)
Евро́пѣ (dated dative singular)
Евро́пу (accusative dated singular)
Евро́пой (dated instrumental singular)
Евро́пою (dated instrumental singular)
Евро́пѣ (dated prepositional singular)

→ Buryat: Европо (Jevropo)

→ Khakas: Европа (Evropa)

→ Kumyk: Европа (Yewropa)

→ Kyrgyz: Европа (Yevropa)

⇒ Mongolian: Европ (Jevrop)

→ Turkmen: Ýewropa

→ Tuvan: Европа (Evropa)

→ Yakut: Европа (YEvropa)

Inherited from Middle Russian Еѵропа (Jevropa), Европа (Jevropa) and Эѵропа (Evropa) (17th c.), likely through Old Ruthenian from Polish Europa, from Latin Eurōpa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē). Displaced earlier forms like Еѵропіа, Европїя etc.

Америка

Северная Америка (Severnaja Amerika); Южная Америка (Južnaja Amerika)


Европа

Евро́па (canonical feminine)
Evrópa (romanization)
Европа (nominative singular)
Европе (genitive singular)
Европи (dative singular)
Европу (accusative singular)
Европо (singular vocative)
Европи (locative singular)
Европом (instrumental singular)

(Bosnia, Serbia, Greek mythology) Europa (princess abducted to Crete by Zeus in Greek mythology)


Althea

From Althaia or Althaea of Greek mythology, from Ancient Greek Ἀλθαία (Althaía).

(Greek mythology) an obscure goddess who was the personification of truth


Hebe

From Ancient Greek Ἥβη (Hḗbē, literally “Youth, Prime of Life”).

uder

(Greek mythology) The goddess of youth, and a daughter of Zeus and Hera. Her Roman counterpart is Juventas.


Hebe

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἥβη (Hḗbē), from ἥβη (hḗbē).


Hebe

Borrowed from Latin Hēbē, from Ancient Greek Ἥβη (Hḗbē), from ἥβη (hḗbē, “youth”).

(Greek mythology) Hebe (goddess of youth)


Argo

From Latin Argo, from Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ), the mythical ship of the Argonauts.

(Greek mythology) The ship in which Jason and the Argonauts sailed on their quest for the Golden Fleece.


Argo

(Greek mythology) Argus (giant with a hundred eyes)

(Greek mythology) Argo (mythical ship of the Argonauts)


Ajax

From Latin Aiāx, from Ancient Greek Αἴας (Aías).

In the legend of the Trojan War, Ajax was king of Salamis and son of Telamon. After Achilles, he was the bravest Greek warrior at Troy. In Homer's epic poem the Iliad, Ajax engages in many combats for...

1995, David Sacks, Oswyn Murray, A Dictionary of the Ancient Greek World, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 11:

(Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.


Ajax

de-proper noun

Ajax m (proper noun, strong, genitive Ajax' or Ajaxens or (with an article) Ajax, plural Ajaxe)

Ajax' (genitive)
Ajaxens (genitive)
Ajax (genitive)
Ajaxe (plural)


Aba

(Greek mythology) a Thracian naiad nymph


Chronus

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Chronos.


Cronos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρόνος (Krónos).


Cronos

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κρόνος (Krónos).


Castor

la-proper noun

Castor m sg (genitive Castoris); third declension

Castoris (genitive)
Castor (nominative singular)
Castoris (genitive singular)
Castorī (dative singular)
Castorem (accusative singular)
Castore (ablative singular)
Castor (singular vocative)

𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌏𐌓𐌄𐌉:𐌐𐌏𐌃𐌋𐌏𐌖𐌒𐌖𐌄𐌉𐌒𐌖𐌄/𐌒𐌖𐌓𐌏𐌉𐌔

6th or 5th century BCE, Castor-Pollux dedication (image (page 3; requires access to JSTOR); facsimile)


Calypso

(Greek mythology) A sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.


Calypso

Calypsō f sg (variously declined, genitive Calypsūs or Calypsōnis); fourth declension, third declension

Calypsō (canonical feminine singular)
Calypsūs (genitive)
Calypsōnis (genitive)
Calypsō (nominative singular)
Calypsūs (genitive singular)
Calypsōnis (genitive singular)
Calypsō (dative singular)
Calypsōnī (dative singular)
Calypsō (accusative singular)
Calypsōn (accusative singular)
Calypsōnem (accusative singular)
Calypsō (ablative singular)
Calypsōne (ablative singular)
Calypsō (singular vocative)

→ English: Calypso

→ Italian: Calipso

→ Spanish: Calipso

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→ Portuguese: Calipso, Calypso (obsolete)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).

(Greek mythology) Calypso (a nymph who ruled the island of Ogygia, on whose shores Odysseus was shipwrecked, whereupon she detained and entertained him for seven years, bearing him the two sons Nausithoüs and Nausinoüs)


Aura

en-proper noun

Aura (countable and uncountable, plural Auras)

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A minor female deity.


Echidna

From Ancient Greek Ἔχιδνα (Ékhidna, “Echidna”), from ἔχιδνα (ékhidna, “viper”).

der

Horrible, hideous, and of hellish race, / Borne of the brooding of Echidna base, / Or other like infernall furies kinde […].

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

(Greek mythology) A female monster who, along with Typhon, mothered the vast majority of the famous monsters and creatures of Greek mythology.


Elio

elioconcentrato

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Chaos

From Latin chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

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Chaos (cosmogony)

(Greek mythology) In Greek mythology, the primordial state of disorder that exists before the creation of the world, or the first being or deity to exist.


Dike

From Ancient Greek Δίκη (Díkē, literally “Justice, Order, Judgement”).

bor

(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of justice, order and judgement and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Eirene and Eunomia. Her Roman counterpart is Justitia.


Fury

Friom Middle English Furie, from Latin Furiae, a name used for the three Erinyes, being the plural of furia ("rage").

“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis,[…]!”

1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

(Greek mythology) A female personification of vengeance.


Argonaut

/ˈɑːrɡənɔːt/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀργοναύτης (Argonaútēs).

(Greek mythology) One of the members of the Argo who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece.


Calliope

From Latin Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), from κᾰλλῐ- (kalli-, “beautiful”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).

(Greek mythology) The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo.


Calliope

From English Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).

(Greek mythology) the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo


Calliope

From Latin Calliopē, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).

(Greek mythology) Calliope, the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry


Calliope

la-proper noun

Calliopē f sg (genitive Calliopēs); first declension

Calliopē (canonical feminine singular)
Calliopēs (genitive)
Calliopē (nominative singular)
Calliopēs (genitive singular)
Calliopae (dative singular)
Calliopēn (accusative singular)
Calliopē (ablative singular)
Calliopē (singular vocative)

Italian: Calliope

See Calliopea for an alternative spelling and quotation from Ovid’s Fasti.

(Greek mythology) The Muse Calliope, goddess and muse of epic poetry, or of poetry in general


Harmonia

(Greek mythology) The goddess of harmony and concord, and the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. Her Roman counterpart is Concordia.


Euro

(Greek mythology) Eurus (god of the east wind)


Draco

Borrowed from Latin Dracō, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Δρᾰ́κων (Drákōn). Doublet of dracone, dragon, and dragoon.

Draco
Draco (constellation)
Draco (lawgiver)
Draco Dwarf

(Greek mythology) One of Actaeon's hounds.


Eros

I'm not just talking about sexually transmitted diseases, though Eros-knows there's precious little information about them available to gay men.

1981 August 1, Ron Vachon, “To Your Health”, in Gay Community News, page 13:

(Greek mythology) The god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares. His Roman counterpart is Cupid.


Eros

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔρως (Érōs).

(Greek mythology) Eros (god of love and sexual desire)


Cygnus

Borrowed from Latin cygnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos, “swan”).

(Greek mythology) A king of the Ligurians and relative of Phaeton who was transformed into a swan and placed in the sky as a constellation.


Apollo

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

‘Blue are the hills that are far away,’ is an owercome in the countryside, and while at first on his side it may have been but a young man’s fancy, to her he was like the god Apollo descending from the skies.

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The son of Zeus and Leto (or Jupiter and Latona), and the twin brother of Artemis (or Diana). He was the god of light, music, medicine, and poetry; and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more.


Apollo

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo


Apollo

Apollō m (genitive Apollinis or Apollōnis); third declension

Apollō (canonical masculine)
Apollinis (genitive)
Apollōnis (genitive)
Apollō (nominative singular)
Apollinēs (nominative plural)
Apollinis (genitive singular)
Apollōnis (genitive singular)
Apollinum (genitive plural)
Apollinī (dative singular)
Apollōnī (dative singular)
Apollinibus (dative plural)
Apollinem (accusative singular)
Apollōnem (accusative singular)
Apollinēs (accusative plural)
Apolline (ablative singular)
Apollōne (ablative singular)
Apollinibus (ablative plural)
Apollō (singular vocative)
Apollinēs (plural vocative)

Sume fidem et pharetram fies manifestus Apollo

c. 25 BCE, Ovid, Heroides, Letter 15: "Sappho Phaoni"

Take up string and quiver and you are Apollo manifest


Apollo

Apollo (nominative singular)
Apolla (genitive singular)
Apollina (genitive singular)
Apollowi (dative singular)
Apollinowi (dative singular)
Apolla (accusative singular)
Apollina (accusative singular)
Apollem (instrumental singular)
Apollinem (instrumental singular)
Apollu (locative singular)
Apollinie (locative singular)
Apollu (singular vocative)
Apollinie (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Apollo (son of Zeus)


Apollo

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).


Echo

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Echo (mythology)

(Greek mythology) An oread, punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others.


Echo

la-noun

Ēchō f sg (genitive Ēchūs); fourth declension

Ēchō (canonical feminine singular)
Ēchūs (genitive)
Ēchō (nominative singular)
Ēchūs (genitive singular)
Ēchō (dative singular)
Ēchō (accusative singular)
Ēchōn (accusative singular)
Ēchō (ablative singular)
Ēchō (singular vocative)


Echo

(Greek mythology) Echo (oread punished by Hera by losing her own voice and only being able to mimic that of others)


Kronos

Kronos (nominative singular)
Krona (genitive singular)
Kronovi (dative singular)
Krona (accusative singular)
Krone (singular vocative)
Kronovi (locative singular)
Kronem (instrumental singular)


Hymen

From Latin Hymēn, from Ancient Greek Ῡ̔μήν (Hūmḗn).

"By the saffron robe of Hymen," cried Lord Norbourne, "but that would be a blessing! I own that I am no great friend to marriage in general; […] If a young man has his way to make in the world, a wife is a dead weight upon his hands.[…]"

1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Proposal of Marriage”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 131:

(Greek mythology) The god of marriage and marriage ceremonies.


Hymen

Hymen (nominative singular)
Hymena (genitive singular)
Hymenowi (dative singular)
Hymena (accusative singular)
Hymenem (instrumental singular)
Hymenie (locative singular)
Hymenie (singular vocative)

(Greek mythology) Hymen, Hymenaeus, Hymenaios (god of marriage and marriage ceremonies)


Labyrinth

de-noun

Labyrinth n (strong, genitive Labyrinthes or Labyrinths, plural Labyrinthe)

Labyrinthes (genitive)
Labyrinths (genitive)
Labyrinthe (plural)
Labyrinth (nominative singular)
Labyrinthe (definite nominative plural)
Labyrinthes (genitive singular)
Labyrinths (genitive singular)
Labyrinthe (definite genitive plural)
Labyrinth (dative singular)
Labyrinthe (dative singular)
Labyrinthen (dative definite plural)
Labyrinth (accusative singular)
Labyrinthe (accusative definite plural)


Limos

From Ancient Greek Λῑμός (Līmós), from Ancient Greek λῑμός (līmós, “hunger, famine, starvation”).

uder

(Greek mythology) A child of Eris, Limos is the deity/personification of famine and starvation. The Roman counterpart is Fames.


Kale

From Ancient Greek Καλή (Kalḗ, literally “beauty”), see καλός (kalós, “beautiful”).


Ion

(Greek mythology) Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people.


Leto

en:68 Leto
en:Leto
en:Leto (disambiguation)
en:Leto (surname)

en-proper noun

Leto (countable and uncountable, plural Letos)

(uncountable, Greek mythology) Leto, in Greek mythology, the mother of Apollo and Artemis.


Leto

(Greek mythology) Leto (mother of Apollo)


Minotaur

/ˈmɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/

/ˈmaɪnəˌtɑɹ/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μινώταυρος (Minṓtauros), from Μίνως (Mínōs, “king of Crete”) + ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”).

bor+

(Greek mythology) A monster, half man and half bull, who dwelled in the labyrinth in Crete and who was killed by Theseus.


Minotaur

Minotaur (nominative singular)
Minotaura (genitive singular)
Minotaurowi (dative singular)
Minotaura (accusative singular)
Minotaurem (instrumental singular)
Minotaurze (locative singular)
Minotaurze (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin Minotaurus, from Ancient Greek Μινώταυρος (Minṓtauros).

(Greek mythology) Minotaur (monster, half man and half bull, who dwelled in the labyrinth in Crete and who was killed by Theseus)


Hector

From Latin Hectōr or Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), from ἕκτωρ (héktōr, “holding fast”), from ἔχειν (ékhein), present active infinitive of ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, own, possess; to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold; to overpower”).

der

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A Trojan hero in Homer's Iliad.


Noman

(Greek mythology) An alias of Odysseus Laërtiadês


Myrmidon

From Latin Myrmidones, from Ancient Greek Μυρμιδόνες (Murmidónes), a tribe of warriors led by Achilles to the Trojan War. Folk etymology in Ovid's time derived the tribe's name from μυρμηδών (murmēdṓn, “ant-nest”), from μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”)).

The Myrmidons were the soldiers of Achilles, in the Trojan war. From them all zealous and unscrupulous followers of a political chief are called by that name, down to this day. But the origin of the Myrmidons would not give one the idea of a fierce and bloody race, but rather of a laborious and peaceful one.

1855, Thomas Bulfinch, chapter XII, in The Age of Fable:

(Greek mythology) One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, in the Trojan War.

Myrmidone

member of a tribe who accompanied Achilles


Myrmidon

(Greek mythology) The ancestral hero of the Myrmidon tribe, son of Zeus and Eurymedusa.


Myrmidon

de-proper noun

Myrmidon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Myrmidon)

Myrmidon (genitive)
Myrmidon (nominative singular)
Myrmidon (genitive singular)
Myrmidon (dative singular)
Myrmidon (accusative singular)

Das sehe ich jedem gleich an, ob er einen brauchbaren Patienten abgeben kann, denn dazu gehört Talent, Talent gehört zu allem, und dieser Myrmidon hier hat auch kein bißchen Talent.

1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 80:


Narcissus

From Latin Narcissus, from Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos, “Narcissus”).

der

At the beginning of his narrative, Ishmael mentions Narcissus, the legendary character who plunged into the water and was drowned in the attempt to grasp his own essence (p. 14). Narcissus was unwilling to understand the relationship between himself and “the ungraspable phantom of life” in gradualistic terms and sought to bring that relationship to immediate closure, thus annihilating himself.

1982, Carl G. Vaught, The Quest for Wholeness, page 25:

We may now affirm that Plato's cave is inhabited by Narcissus. He already knows, but the knowledge he possesses is still a bit confused, obscure (this knowledge is situated in the caves of the memory, a dark space much like Narcissus’s place).

1994, Ronald Bogue, Mihai Spariosu, The Play of the Self, page 34:

Narcissus, as the myth has it, died because, unlike Lacan's child, he did not recognize himself; nor did he perceive the mirror for what it was: a boundary between reality and fiction.¹⁵

1999, Mieke Bal, Quoting Caravaggio: Contemporary Art, Preposterous History, page 237:

(Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.


Narcissus

Borrowed from Latin Narcissus, from Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos).


Panacea

From Ancient Greek Πανακεια (Panakeia, literally “all-curing”).

bor

(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of healing, remedies, cures and panaceas (medicines, salves, ointments and other curatives). She is a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.


Nika

Níka (canonical feminine)
Ни́ка (Cyrillic)
Nika (nominative singular)
Nike (nominative plural)
Nike (genitive singular)
Nika (genitive plural)
Niki (dative singular)
Nikama (dative plural)
Niku (accusative singular)
Nike (accusative plural)
Niko (singular vocative)
Nike (plural vocative)
Niki (locative singular)
Nikama (locative plural)
Nikom (instrumental singular)
Nikama (instrumental plural)


Nika

sk-proper noun

Nika f (genitive singular Niky, declension pattern of žena)

Niky (genitive singular)
žena (declension-pattern-of)
Nika (nominative singular-only)
Niky (genitive singular-only)
Nike (dative singular-only)
Niku (accusative singular-only)
Nike (locative singular-only)
Nikou (instrumental singular-only)


Iris

From Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “rainbow”).

What's the matter,
 That this distemper'd messenger of wet,
 The many-colour'd Iris, rounds thine eye?

c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

(Greek mythology) A messenger of the gods, and goddess of rainbows.


Iris

From English Iris, from Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris, “rainbow”).

(Greek mythology) Iris; a messenger of the gods, and goddess of rainbows


Iris

Borrowed from Latin Iris or Ancient Greek Ἶρις (Îris).

(Greek mythology) Iris (divine messenger, goddess of rainbows)


Iris

la-noun

Īris f sg (genitive Īris or Īridis); third declension

Īris (canonical feminine singular)
Īris (genitive)
Īridis (genitive)
Īris (nominative singular)
Īris (genitive singular)
Īridis (genitive singular)
Īrī (dative singular)
Īridī (dative singular)
Īrem (accusative singular)
Īrim (accusative singular)
Īrin (accusative singular)
Īridem (accusative singular)
Īre (ablative singular)
Īrī (ablative singular)
Īride (ablative singular)
Īri (singular vocative)

(Greek mythology) Iris (messenger of the gods)


Phaëthon

Borrowed from Latin Phaëthōn, from the Ancient Greek Φᾰέθων (Phaéthōn).

(Greek mythology) the son of the sun god Helios who was killed by Zeus while trying to drive his father's chariot across the sky


Nemesis

From Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis, “Nemesis, goddess of retribution”).

bor

Coordinate term: Invidia

(Greek mythology) The goddess of divine retribution.

(astronomy) A hypothetical star postulated to be orbiting the Sun to explain a perceived cycle of mass extinctions in the geological record.


Io

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Inachus river god, and a lover of Zeus, turned by the latter into a heifer.


Io

it:85 Io
it:Io (astronomia)
it:Io (mitologia)


Io

la-proper noun

Īō f sg (genitive Īūs); fourth declension

Īō f sg (genitive Īōnis); third declension

Īō (canonical feminine singular)
Īūs (genitive)
Īō (canonical feminine singular)
Īōnis (genitive)
Īō (nominative singular)
Īūs (genitive singular)
Īō (dative singular)
Īō (accusative singular)
Īō (ablative singular)
Īō (singular vocative)
Īō (nominative singular)
Īōn (nominative singular)
Īōnis (genitive singular)
Īōnī (dative singular)
Īōnem (accusative singular)
Īōne (ablative singular)
Īō (singular vocative)
Īōn (singular vocative)

Io versa caput primos mugiverat annos:
So Io wore a strange guise and lowed all her earlier years;
illic aspicis scopulis haerere Sorores
et canere antiqui dulcia furta Iovis,
ut Semela est combustus, ut est deperditus Io,
…
There shalt thou see the Sisters clinging to the crags, while they chant the sweet loves of Jove in olden time, how he was consumed with fire for Semele, how madly he loved Io, …
tu certe Iovis occultis in amoribus, Io,
sensisti multas quid sit inire vias,
…

Propertius. In: Propertius with an English translation by H. E. Butler, 1916, pp. 144f., 154f., 162f

Yet, Io, in truth thou didst learn in thy secret loves with Jove what it is to tread many paths of wandering, …

Et modo se Europen fieri, modo postulat Io,

Publius Ovidius Naso, Ars amandi / Ars amatoria, liber I. In: Publius Ovidius Naso: Liebeskunst. Lateinisch-deutsch, 1980, p. 28 – translation from The Love Books of Ovid, p. 121

Now she would be Europa; now she would be Io; the one because she was a heifer, the other because a bull bore her on his back.

Publius Ovidius Naso, Amores, liber II. In: Ovid Heroides and Amores with an English translation by Grant Showerman, 1914, p. 386f.
dum nimium servat custos Iunonius Ion,
ante suos annos occidit; ilia dea est!
Juno's watchman, guarding Io too intently, falls before his time; she–becomes a goddess!

quos si Argus servet qui oculeus totus fuit,
quem quondam Ioni Iuno custodem addidit,

Plautus, Aulularia, actus III. In: Plautus with an English translation by Paul Nixon, vol. I, 1916, p. 290f.

Why, Argus, who had eyes all over him and was set to guarding Io once by Juno, couldn't ever keep watch on those fellows, not if he tried.

(Greek mythology) Io, daughter of Inachus.


Io

(Greek mythology) Io (daughter of Inachus river god, and a lover of Zeus, turned by the latter into a heifer)


Hydra

[ˈhaɪ̯d͡ʒɹə]

From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent, originally from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra), from Proto-Indo-European *údreh₂ (“aquatic”). Doublet of otter.

(Greek mythology) A mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours.


Hydra

Hydra (nominative singular)
Hydry (genitive singular)
Hydře (dative singular)
Hydru (accusative singular)
Hydro (singular vocative)
Hydře (locative singular)
Hydrou (instrumental singular)

From hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

[…] místo každé uťaté hlavy vyrostly Hydře dvě nové.

1996, Antonín Rükl, “Hydra”, in Souhvězdí, Praha: Aventinum, →ISBN, page 126:

[…] instead of every cut-off head two new heads grew up to Hydra.

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Hydra, a mythological serpent with seven heads


Hydra

From Latin hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

(Greek mythology) Hydra (mythical serpent)


Hydra

Hydra f sg (genitive Hydrae); first declension

Hydrae (genitive)
Hydra (nominative singular)
Hydrae (genitive singular)
Hydrae (dative singular)
Hydram (accusative singular)
Hydrā (ablative singular)
Hydra (singular vocative)

English: Hydra, hydra

French: hydre

German: Hydra

Italian: idra

Portuguese: hidra

Spanish: hidra

(Greek mythology) The Hydra (mythical serpent)


Hydra

Hydra (nominative singular)
Hydry (genitive singular)
Hydrze (dative singular)
Hydrę (accusative singular)
Hydrą (instrumental singular)
Hydrze (locative singular)
Hydro (singular vocative)

(Greek mythology) Hydra (mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours)


Melissa

From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey, or honeybee”). In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name Maol Íosa (literally “servant of Jesus”).

der

(Greek mythology) Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.


Melissa

Borrowed from Latin Melissa, from Ancient Greek Μέλισσα (Mélissa), from μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”).

(Greek mythology) Melissa (nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey)


Atlas

en-proper noun

Atlas (countable and uncountable, plural Atlases)

From Latin Ā̆tlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.

der

(Greek mythology) The son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to the Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.


Atlas

Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

(Greek mythology) Atlas (mythological giant)


Atlas

Learned borrowing from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

(Greek mythology) Atlas (son of Iapetus and Clymene, leader of the Titans ordered by Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders)


Atlas

de-proper noun

Atlas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Atlas', plural Atlasse)

Atlas' (genitive)
Atlasse (plural)
Atlas (nominative singular)
Atlasse (definite nominative plural)
Atlas' (genitive singular)
Atlasse (definite genitive plural)
Atlas (dative singular)
Atlassen (dative definite plural)
Atlas (accusative singular)
Atlasse (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin Atlās or from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), from the name of the mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).


Atlas

la-proper noun

Ā̆tlās m (genitive Ā̆tlantis); third declension

Ā̆tlās (canonical masculine)
Ā̆tlantis (genitive)
Ā̆tlās (nominative singular)
Ā̆tlantēs (nominative plural)
Ā̆tlantis (genitive singular)
Ā̆tlantum (genitive plural)
Ā̆tlantī (dative singular)
Ā̆tlantibus (dative plural)
Ā̆tlantem (accusative singular)
Ā̆tlantēs (accusative plural)
Ā̆tlante (ablative singular)
Ā̆tlantibus (ablative plural)
Ā̆tlā (singular vocative)
Ā̆tlantēs (plural vocative)

Portuguese: Atlas

Spanish: Atlas

[ˈäːt̪ɫ̪äːs̠]

[ˈät̪ɫ̪äːs̠]

From the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”).

"tempus, Atla, veniet, tua quo spoliabitur auro

Ovid Metamorphoses with an English translation by Frank Justus Miller. In two volumes, I, books I–VIII, 1951, page 224–225 containing Ovidus' Metamorphoses IV, 644–645

"Atlas, the time will come when your tree will be spoiled of its gold, and he who gets the glory of this spoil will be Jove's son."

arbor, et hunc praedae titulum Iove natus habebit."


Atlas

Atlas (nominative singular)
Atlasa (genitive singular)
Atlasowi (dative singular)
Atlasa (accusative singular)
Atlasem (instrumental singular)
Atlasie (locative singular)
Atlasie (singular vocative)

(Greek mythology) Atlas (titan who holds the sky)


Atlas

Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas, literally “The Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from Ἄ (Á, copulative prefix) + τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer, to endure, to bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to support, lift, weigh”).


Atlas

Borrowed from Latin Atlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).


Gemini

/ˈd͡ʒɛmɪnaɪ/

/ˈd͡ʒɛmɪniː/

Borrowed from Latin geminī, plural of geminus (“twin”), calque of Ancient Greek Δίδυμοι (Dídumoi).

calque

(Greek mythology) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.


Nix

Named after the mother of Charon, goddess of darkness and night.

(astronomy) One of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006.)


Nix

Learned borrowing from Latin Nyx, from Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx).

(Greek mythology) Nyx (the primordial goddess of night)


Nix

From Latin Nyx, from Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx).


Pán

Pán (nominative singular)
Pánt (accusative singular)
Pánnak (dative singular)
Pánnal (instrumental singular)
Pánért (causal-final singular)
Pánná (singular translative)
Pánig (singular terminative)
Pánként (essive-formal singular)
Pánban (inessive singular)
Pánon (singular superessive)
Pánnál (adessive singular)
Pánba (illative singular)
Pánra (singular sublative)
Pánhoz (allative singular)
Pánból (elative singular)
Pánról (delative singular)
Pántól (ablative singular)
Páné (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Pánéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Pánom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Pánod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Pánja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Pánunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Pánotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Pánjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)


Priapus

From Latin Priāpus, from Ancient Greek Πρίαπος (Príapos).

(Greek mythology) The son of Aphrodite and Dionysus, god of procreation, and guardian of gardens and vineyards; personification of the phallus.


Priapus

la-proper noun

Priāpus m sg (genitive Priāpī); second declension

Priāpus (canonical masculine singular)
Priāpī (genitive)
Priāpus (nominative singular)
Priāpī (genitive singular)
Priāpō (dative singular)
Priāpum (accusative singular)
Priāpō (ablative singular)
Priāpe (singular vocative)

(Greek mythology) Priapus, god of procreation


Perse

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Περση (Persē, literally “Persian woman”).

bor+

(Greek mythology) An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, by whom she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae, and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate.


Satyr

de-noun

Satyr m (mixed or weak, genitive Satyrs or Satyrn or Satyren, plural Satyrn)

Satyrs (genitive)
Satyrn (genitive)
Satyren (genitive)
Satyrn (plural)
Satyr (nominative singular)
Satyrn (definite nominative plural)
Satyrs (genitive singular)
Satyrn (genitive singular)
Satyren (genitive singular)
Satyrn (definite genitive plural)
Satyr (dative singular)
Satyrn (dative singular)
Satyren (dative singular)
Satyrn (dative definite plural)
Satyr (accusative singular)
Satyrn (accusative singular)
Satyren (accusative singular)
Satyrn (accusative definite plural)

(Greek mythology) a satyr (half-man and half-goat being)


Muse

English: Muse, muse

Scots: Muse, muse

From Latin Mūsa, either directly or from Old French muse. Ultimately from Ancient Greek Μοῦσᾰ (Moûsa).


Phoebe

Borrowed from Latin Phoebē, from Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”).

(Greek mythology) A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia.

(Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Selene; Phoebe Selene, after her maternal aunt, Phoebe (see above).

(Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Artemis; Phoebe Artemis, after her maternal grandmother, Phoebe (see above).


Phoebe

From Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”). As a given name, partially from Phoebe Cates.


Phoebe

la-proper noun

Phoebē f sg (genitive Phoebēs); first declension

Phoebē (canonical feminine singular)
Phoebēs (genitive)
Phoebē (nominative singular)
Phoebēs (genitive singular)
Phoebae (dative singular)
Phoebēn (accusative singular)
Phoebē (ablative singular)
Phoebē (singular vocative)


Psyche

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, literally “Soul, Spirit”).

uder

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The personification of the soul. Originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, (the god of love), was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas.


Psyche

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Psyche, ancient god of the soul.


Psyche

la-noun

Psȳchē f sg (genitive Psȳchēs); first declension

Psȳchē (canonical feminine singular)
Psȳchēs (genitive)
Psȳchē (nominative singular)
Psȳchēs (genitive singular)
Psȳchae (dative singular)
Psȳchēn (accusative singular)
Psȳchē (ablative singular)
Psȳchē (singular vocative)

From Ancient Greek Ψῡχή (Psūkhḗ, literally “Soul, Spirit”).

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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Psyche (a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid).


Psyche

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Psyche (personification of the soul; originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas)


Phoenix

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînix), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînix).

(Greek mythology) A character in the Iliad and father of Adonis in Greek mythology or a different character in Greek mythology, brother of Europa and Cadmus.


Phoenix

la-proper noun

Phoenīx m sg (genitive Phoenīcis); third declension

Phoenīx (canonical masculine singular)
Phoenīcis (genitive)
Phoenīx (nominative singular)
Phoenīcis (genitive singular)
Phoenīcī (dative singular)
Phoenīcem (accusative singular)
Phoenīce (ablative singular)
Phoenīx (singular vocative)

From Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînix), Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînix).

(Greek mythology) A companion of Achilles during the Trojan War.


Nice

Learned borrowing from Latin Nice, from Ancient Greek Νίκη (Níkē).

(Greek mythology) Nike (goddess of victory)


Rhea

(Greek mythology) A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.


Rhea

From English Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa).

(Greek mythology) a Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus


Pluton

Pluton (nominative singular)
Plutona (genitive singular)
Plutonowi (dative singular)
Plutona (accusative singular)
Plutonem (instrumental singular)
Plutonie (locative singular)
Plutonie (singular vocative)

(Roman mythology, Greek mythology) Pluto (god)


Pluton

Plùtōn (canonical masculine)
Плу̀то̄н (Cyrillic)
Pluton (nominative singular)
Plutona (genitive singular)
Plutonu (dative singular)
Pluton (accusative singular)
Plutona (accusative singular)
Plutone (singular vocative)
Plutonu (locative singular)
Plutonom (instrumental singular)

Pluto (dwarf planet), (Greek mythology, Roman mythology)


Pluton

Plȗton (animate canonical masculine)
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Plúton (nominative singular)
Plútona (genitive singular)
Plútonu (dative singular)
Plúton (accusative singular)
Plútonu (locative singular)
Plútonom (instrumental singular)
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Plúton (nominative singular)
Plútona (genitive singular)
Plútonu (dative singular)
Plútona (accusative singular)
Plútonu (locative singular)
Plútonom (instrumental singular)


Siren

la-noun

Sīrēn f (genitive Sīrēnis); third declension

Sīrēn (canonical feminine)
Sīrēnis (genitive)
Sīrēn (nominative singular)
Sīrēnēs (nominative plural)
Sīrēnis (genitive singular)
Sīrēnum (genitive plural)
Sīrēnī (dative singular)
Sīrēnibus (dative plural)
Sīrēnem (accusative singular)
Sīrēnēs (accusative plural)
Sīrēne (ablative singular)
Sīrēnibus (ablative plural)
Sīrēn (singular vocative)
Sīrēnēs (plural vocative)

Asturian: serena, sirena

Catalan: sirena

English: Siren, siren

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French: sirène
→ Persian: سیرن (siren)
→ Portuguese: sirene
→ Turkish: siren

→ Galician: sirena

German: Sirene

Irish: Síréana

Italian: sirena, serena

Old French: sereine

Old Galician-Portuguese: serẽa
Galician: serea
Portuguese: sereia

→ Portuguese: sirena

Romanian: sirenă

Spanish: sirena, serena, serea

(Greek mythology, mythology) a siren, one of the mythical birds with faces of virgins, that dwelt on the southern coast of Italy, where, with their sweet voices, they enticed ashore those who were sailing by, and then killed them.


Sphinx

From Middle English Spynx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “bind tightly, to strangle”). The appurtenance of Egyptian Szp:p-A53 (šzp, “image, statue, sphinx”) or Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “living image”) remains unclear.

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(Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who committed suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.


Νίκη

grc-proper noun

Νῑ́κη • (Nī́kē) f (genitive Νῑ́κης); first declension

Νῑ́κη (canonical)
Nī́kē (romanization)
Νῑ́κης (genitive)
ἡ Νῑ́κη (nominative singular)
τῆς Νῑ́κης (genitive singular)
τῇ Νῑ́κῃ (dative singular)
τὴν Νῑ́κην (accusative singular)
Νῑ́κη (singular vocative)

English: Nike

Greek: Νίκη (Níki)

Turkish: Nike


Νίκη

head

Νίκη • (Níki) f

Níki (romanization)
Νίκη (nominative singular)
Νίκης (genitive singular)
Νίκη (accusative singular)
Νίκη (singular vocative)


Zephyr

For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing.

1714 June 10, [Alexander Pope], The Guardian, volume I, number 78, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, page 332:

(Greek mythology) The god of the West Wind.


Uran

Uran (nominative singular)
Urana (genitive singular)
Uranovi (dative singular)
Urana (accusative singular)
Urane (singular vocative)
Uranovi (locative singular)
Uranem (instrumental singular)


Uran

Uran (nominative singular)
Urana (genitive singular)
Uranowi (dative singular)
Urana (accusative singular)
Uranem (instrumental singular)
Uranie (locative singular)
Uranie (singular vocative)


Coeus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κοῖος (Koîos, “Coeus”).

(Greek mythology) The Titan of intelligence; the father of Leto and Asteria.


Coeus

la-proper noun

Coeus m sg (genitive Coeī); second declension

Coeī (genitive)
Coeus (nominative singular)
Coeī (genitive singular)
Coeō (dative singular)
Coeum (accusative singular)
Coeō (ablative singular)
Coee (singular vocative)

From Ancient Greek Κοῖος (Koîos, “Coeus”).

(Greek mythology) Coeus, the Titan of intelligence.


Theia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεία (Theía).

(Greek mythology) A Titan, the sister-wife of Hyperion.

(Greek mythology) An Oceanid nymph (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys), the mother of the Cercopes by Oceanus.


Mnemosyne

From Ancient Greek Μνημοσύνη (Mnēmosúnē).

(Greek mythology) A Titaness and the personification of thought, intellect and memory. She is the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and the mother of the Muses by Zeus.


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(Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Gaia and Uranus and the father of Helios, Selene and Eos.

(Greek mythology) Helios himself, the incarnation of light and beauty.


Crius

(Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia.


Themis

(Greek mythology) A Titan, the embodiment of divine order, law and custom. She was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus.


Iapetus

From Ancient Greek Ἰαπετός (Iapetós).
* (moon): Named after the titan.
* (ocean): The Iapetus Ocean was the predecessor to the Atlantic Ocean, so this name was chosen because Iapetus is the father of Atlas (see Atlantic).

Alternative forms: Japetus, Iapetos

(Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.


Iapetus

la-prop

Īapetus m sg (genitive Īapetī); second declension

Īapetus (canonical masculine singular)
Īapetī (genitive)
Īapetus (nominative singular)
Īapetī (genitive singular)
Īapetō (dative singular)
Īapetum (accusative singular)
Īapetō (ablative singular)
Īapete (singular vocative)

→ English: Iapetus

[iːˈäpɛt̪ʊs̠]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ᾰπετός (Īapetós, “Iapetus”).

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Prometheus ex Iapeto natus est

303 CE – 311 CE, Lactantius, Institutiones Divinae 2.10.7

Prometheus himself was born from Iapetus


Titaness

(Greek mythology) A female Titan, any of the daughters of Uranus and Gaia.


Titan

(Greek mythology) Any of the race of giant gods in Greek mythology that preceded and was overthrown by the Olympian gods.


Titan

(Greek mythology) Another name for Helios, a personification of the Sun.


Titan

de-noun

Titan m (weak, genitive Titanen, plural Titanen)

Titanen (genitive)
Titanen (plural)
Titan (nominative singular)
Titanen (definite nominative plural)
Titanen (genitive singular)
Titanen (definite genitive plural)
Titanen (dative singular)
Titanen (dative definite plural)
Titanen (accusative singular)
Titanen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Latin Tītān, Tītānus, Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).


Titan

la-proper noun

Tītān m (genitive Tītānos or Tītānis); third declension

Tītān (canonical masculine)
Tītānos (genitive)
Tītānis (genitive)
Tītān (nominative singular)
Tītānes (nominative plural)
Tītānēs (nominative plural)
Tītānos (genitive singular)
Tītānis (genitive singular)
Tītānum (genitive plural)
Tītānī (dative singular)
Tītānibus (dative plural)
Tītāna (accusative singular)
Tītānem (accusative singular)
Tītānas (accusative plural)
Tītānēs (accusative plural)
Tītāne (ablative singular)
Tītānibus (ablative plural)
Tītān (singular vocative)
Tītānes (plural vocative)
Tītānēs (plural vocative)


Pan

From Middle English Pan, from Latin Pān, form Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

(Greek mythology) Greek god of nature, often visualized as half goat and half man playing pipes. His Roman counterpart is Faunus.


Pan

Pān m sg (genitive Pānos); third declension

Pān (canonical masculine singular)
Pānos (genitive)
Pān (nominative singular)
Pānos (genitive singular)
Pānī (dative singular)
Pāna (accusative singular)
Pāne (ablative singular)
Pān (singular vocative)

→ English: Pan

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πᾱ́ν (Pā́n).


Pan

English: Pan

From Latin Pan, from Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).


Pan

Pan (nominative singular)
Pana (genitive singular)
Panowi (dative singular)
Pana (accusative singular)
Panem (instrumental singular)
Panie (locative singular)
Panie (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin Pan, from Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).

(Greek mythology) Pan (Greek god of nature)


amazon

amazonok (plural)
amazon (nominative singular)
amazonok (nominative plural)
amazont (accusative singular)
amazonokat (accusative plural)
amazonnak (dative singular)
amazonoknak (dative plural)
amazonnal (instrumental singular)
amazonokkal (instrumental plural)
amazonért (causal-final singular)
amazonokért (causal-final plural)
amazonná (singular translative)
amazonokká (plural translative)
amazonig (singular terminative)
amazonokig (plural terminative)
amazonként (essive-formal singular)
amazonokként (essive-formal plural)
amazonban (inessive singular)
amazonokban (inessive plural)
amazonon (singular superessive)
amazonokon (plural superessive)
amazonnál (adessive singular)
amazonoknál (adessive plural)
amazonba (illative singular)
amazonokba (illative plural)
amazonra (singular sublative)
amazonokra (plural sublative)
amazonhoz (allative singular)
amazonokhoz (allative plural)
amazonból (elative singular)
amazonokból (elative plural)
amazonról (delative singular)
amazonokról (delative plural)
amazontól (ablative singular)
amazonoktól (ablative plural)
amazoné (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
amazonoké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
amazonéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
amazonokéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
amazonom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
amazonjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
amazonod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
amazonjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
amazonja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
amazonjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
amazonunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
amazonjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
amazonotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
amazonjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
amazonjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
amazonjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).

(Greek mythology) Amazon (a member of a mythical race of female warriors)


Плутон

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Pluto


Плутон

ru-proper noun+

Плуто́н • (Plutón) m inan or m anim (genitive Плуто́на, nominative plural Плуто́ны, genitive plural Плуто́нов)

Плуто́н (canonical)
Plutón (romanization)
Плуто́на (genitive)
Плуто́ны (nominative plural)
Плуто́нов (genitive plural)
Плуто́н (nominative singular)
Плуто́ны (nominative plural)
Плуто́на (genitive singular)
Плуто́нов (genitive plural)
Плуто́ну (dative singular)
Плуто́нам (dative plural)
Плуто́на (accusative animate singular)
Плуто́нов (accusative animate plural)
Плуто́н (accusative inanimate singular)
Плуто́ны (accusative inanimate plural)
Плуто́ном (instrumental singular)
Плуто́нами (instrumental plural)
Плуто́не (prepositional singular)
Плуто́нах (plural prepositional)


Плутон

Плу̀то̄н (canonical masculine)
Plùtōn (romanization)
Плутон (nominative singular)
Плутона (genitive singular)
Плутону (dative singular)
Плутон (accusative singular)
Плутона (accusative singular)
Плутоне (singular vocative)
Плутону (locative singular)
Плутоном (instrumental singular)

Pluto (dwarf planet), (Roman mythology, Greek mythology)


Плутон

uk-proper noun

Плуто́н<sg.pr>

Плуто́н • (Plutón) m pers (genitive Плуто́на, uncountable)

Плуто́н (canonical)
Plutón (romanization)
Плуто́на (genitive)
Плуто́н (nominative singular)
Плуто́на (genitive singular)
Плуто́нові (dative singular)
Плуто́ну (dative singular)
Плуто́на (accusative singular)
Плуто́ном (instrumental singular)
Плуто́нові (locative singular)
Плуто́ні (locative singular)
Плуто́не (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

Плуто́н<sg.pr>


lamia

From Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek Λάμια (Lámia).

Apollonius […] by some probable conjectures, found her out to be a serpent, a lamia, and that all her furniture was like Tantalus' gold described by Homer, no substance, but mere illusions.

1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:

(Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.


Ixion

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

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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.

1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:

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.

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

(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.


Уран

bg-proper noun

Ура́н • (Urán) m


Уран

ru-proper noun+

Ура́н • (Urán) m inan or m anim (genitive Ура́на)

Ура́н (canonical)
Urán (romanization)
Ура́на (genitive)
Ура́н (nominative singular)
Ура́на (genitive singular)
Ура́ну (dative singular)
Ура́на (accusative animate singular)
Ура́н (accusative inanimate singular)
Ура́ном (instrumental singular)
Ура́не (prepositional singular)

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Уран

У̀ра̄н (canonical masculine)
Ùrān (romanization)
У̀ра̄н (nominative singular)
Ура́на (genitive singular)
Урану (dative singular)
Уран (accusative singular)
Урана (accusative singular)
Уране (singular vocative)
Урану (locative singular)
Ураном (instrumental singular)


Уран

uk-proper noun

Ура́н • (Urán) m pers (genitive Ура́на, uncountable)

Ура́н (canonical)
Urán (romanization)
Ура́на (genitive)
Ура́н (nominative singular)
Ура́на (genitive singular)
Ура́нові (dative singular)
Ура́ну (dative singular)
Ура́на (accusative singular)
Ура́ном (instrumental singular)
Ура́нові (locative singular)
Ура́ні (locative singular)
Ура́не (singular vocative)


Styx

A bold bad man, that dar'd to call by name / Great Gorgon, prince of darknes and dead night, / At which Cocytus quakes and Styx is put to flight.

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 13:

For two-and-twenty years he [Doctor Guillotin], unguillotined, shall hear nothing but guillotine, see nothing but guillotine; then dying, shall through long centuries wander, as it were, a disconsolate ghost, on the wrong side of Styx and Lethe; his name like to outlive Cæsar’s.

1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter IV, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book IV (States-General):

Bornless one / As darkness bright / Found not in tongues / Found not in light / Bring down the rain / Drain waters of Styx / Faustian luminary / Redeem blaspheme / Like a day without the dawn / Like a ray void of the sun / Like a storm that brings no calm / I'm most complete yet so undone

2014, “O Father O Satan O Sun!”, performed by Behemoth:

(Greek mythology) The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.


Styx

Styx (nominative singular)
Stygu (genitive singular)
Styxu (genitive singular)
Stygu (dative singular)
Styxu (dative singular)
Styx (accusative singular)
Stygu (singular vocative)
Styxe (singular vocative)
Stygu (locative singular)
Styxu (locative singular)
Stygem (instrumental singular)
Styxem (instrumental singular)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx).

V podsvětí pak ze Stygy opět vyvěrá Kókytos.

1906, Vladislav Kalousek, “Styx”, in Ottův slovník naučný, volume XXIV, Praha: J. Otto, page 315:

The Kokytos issues from the Styx in the Underworld.

(Greek mythology) Styx, the river in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon


Styx

Styx (nominative singular)
Stygy (genitive singular)
Styze (dative singular)
Stygu (accusative singular)
Stygo (singular vocative)
Styze (locative singular)
Stygou (instrumental singular)

[…] děti její stále obklopují trůn Zévův a Styx stala se bohyní božské přísahy.

[…] her children keep surrounding the Zeus's throne and Styx became the goddess of the divine oath.

(Greek mythology) Styx, the goddess of the river Styx in Hades


Styx

de-proper noun

Styx m (proper noun, strong, genitive Styx)

Styx (genitive)
Styx (nominative singular)
Styx (genitive singular)
Styx (dative singular)
Styx (accusative singular)


Styx

(Greek mythology) Alternative spelling of Stiks


Атина

Ати́на (canonical feminine)
Atína (romanization)
Атина (nominative singular)
Атине (genitive singular)
Атини (dative singular)
Атину (accusative singular)
Атино (singular vocative)
Атини (locative singular)
Атином (instrumental singular)

(Bosnia, Serbia, Greek mythology) Athena (Greek goddess)


Atina

Atína (canonical feminine)
Ати́на (Cyrillic)
Atina (nominative singular)
Atine (genitive singular)
Atini (dative singular)
Atinu (accusative singular)
Atino (singular vocative)
Atini (locative singular)
Atinom (instrumental singular)


Atina

Atina (nominative singular)
Atinalar (nominative plural)
Atina'lar (nominative plural)
Atina'yı (accusative singular)
Atinaları (accusative plural)
Atina'ları (accusative plural)
Atina'ya (dative singular)
Atinalara (dative plural)
Atina'lara (dative plural)
Atina'da (locative singular)
Atinalarda (locative plural)
Atina'larda (locative plural)
Atina'dan (ablative singular)
Atinalardan (ablative plural)
Atina'lardan (ablative plural)
Atina'nın (genitive singular)
Atinaların (genitive plural)
Atina'ların (genitive plural)

From Ottoman Turkish آتینا (Atina), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι (Athênai), the plural form of Ἀθήνη (Athḗnē, “Athena”), the goddess.


Tantal

Tantal (nominative singular)
Tantala (genitive singular)
Tantalowi (dative singular)
Tantala (accusative singular)
Tantalem (instrumental singular)
Tantalu (locative singular)
Tantalu (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin Tantalus, from Ancient Greek Τάνταλος (Tántalos). Doublet of tantal.

(Greek mythology) Tantalus (condemned Phrygian king)


Helen

en-proper noun

Helen (countable and uncountable, plural Helens)

→ Danish: Helen

→ Estonian: Helen

→ Hawaiian: Helena

→ Norwegian: Helen

→ Swedish: Helen

From French Hélène, from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Elaine.

Evelyn De Morgan
Helen of Troy (painting)

Fools on both sides! Helen must needs be fair,
When with your blood you daily paint her thus.

c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.

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(Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda


Triton

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(Greek mythology) A god of the sea, son of Poseidon.


Triton

la-proper noun

Trītōn m (genitive Trītōnis); third declension

Trītōn (canonical masculine)
Trītōnis (genitive)

(Greek mythology) Triton (mythological sea god)


Gordian knot

/ˈɡɔːdɪən ˈnɒt/

/ˈɡoʊɹdɪən ˈnɑt/

From the name of a legendary knot tied to a pole near the temple of Zeus in Gordium. It was prophesied that whoever loosed the knot would become ruler of all Asia. Alexander the Great solved the puzzle by slicing through the knot and took it as a sign of Zeus' favor. He then proceeded to conquer much of the known world.

(Greek mythology) The legendary knot tied to a pole near the temple of Zeus in Gordium.


амазонка

amazonka (romanization)
амазонка (indefinite singular)
амазонки (indefinite plural)
амазонката (definite singular unspecified)
амазонките (definite plural unspecified)
амазонкава (definite proximal singular)
амазонкиве (definite plural proximal)
амазонкана (definite distal singular)
амазонкине (definite distal plural)
амазонке (singular vocative)
амазонки (plural vocative)


амазонка

ru-noun+

амазо́нка • (amazónka) f anim or f inan (genitive амазо́нки, nominative plural амазо́нки, genitive plural амазо́нок, relational adjective амазо́нский)

амазо́нка (canonical)
amazónka (romanization)
амазо́нки (genitive)
амазо́нки (nominative plural)
амазо́нок (genitive plural)
амазо́нский (adjective relational)
амазо́нка (nominative singular)
амазо́нки (nominative plural)
амазо́нки (genitive singular)
амазо́нок (genitive plural)
амазо́нке (dative singular)
амазо́нкам (dative plural)
амазо́нку (accusative animate singular)
амазо́нок (accusative animate plural)
амазо́нку (accusative inanimate singular)
амазо́нки (accusative inanimate plural)
амазо́нкой (instrumental singular)
амазо́нкою (instrumental singular)
амазо́нками (instrumental plural)
амазо́нке (prepositional singular)
амазо́нках (plural prepositional)

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn, “Amazon (mythology)”) + -ка (-ka).


gigant

gigant (nominative singular)
giganci (nominative plural)
giganty (derogatory nominative plural)
giganta (genitive singular)
gigantów (genitive plural)
gigantowi (dative singular)
gigantom (dative plural)
giganta (accusative singular)
gigantów (accusative plural)
gigantem (instrumental singular)
gigantami (instrumental plural)
gigancie (locative singular)
gigantach (locative plural)
gigancie (singular vocative)
giganci (plural vocative)

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) giant (Greek mythological creature)


Uranian

en-adj

Uranian (comparative more Uranian, superlative most Uranian)

more Uranian (comparative)
most Uranian (superlative)

Aphrodite Pandemos
Aphrodite Urania
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
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From Latin Ūrania (“muse of astronomy in Greek mythology”) + -an (suffix forming agent nouns). Ūrania is derived from Ancient Greek Οὐρᾰνῐ́ᾱ (Ouraníā, “muse of astronomy”), from οὐράνιος (ouránios, “of or relating to the sky, celestial, heavenly”) (from οὐρανός (ouranós, “the sky; heaven, home of the gods; the universe”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers- (“rain”)) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘pertaining to’).
The alternative form Ouranian is derived from Ancient Greek οὐράνιος (ouránios).
Adjective sense 2 (“homosexual”) and the noun sense (“a homosexual”) refer to Plato’s work Symposium (c. 385–370 B.C.E.), where the goddess Aphrodite, in her heavenly aspect Aphrodite Urania (see adjective sense 3) is described as inspiring a noble form of affection between older and younger men. Compare German Urning (“a homosexual, Uranian”), Urnigtum (“homosexuality”), also referring to Aphrodite Urania, coined by the German writer Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825–1895) in 1864. By the 1900s, the use of the word in this sense had largely been supplanted by homosexual (see further at that entry). The term is no longer mainstream and is almost never used in modern contexts, though it has enjoyed a slight revival as a term for "gay man" as an analogue to lesbian.

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/jʊˈɹeɪnɪən/

For assuredly are there two Venuses; one, the eldest, the daughter of Uranus, born without a mother, whom we call the Uranian; the other younger, the daughter of Jupiter and Dione, whom we call the Pandemian;—of necessity must there also be two Loves, the Uranian and Pandemian companions of these goddesses. [...] [T]he attendant on the other, the Uranian, whose nature is entirely masculine, is the Love who inspires us with affection, and exempts us from all wantonness and libertinism.

a. 1822, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Banquet. Translated from Plato.”, in Mrs. Shelley [i.e., Mary Shelley], editor, Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments, … In Two Volumes, volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, published 1840, →OCLC, page 86:

That this is indeed the general tendency of his [Pausanias of Athens'] speech is made clear by two remarks that follow immediately upon his differentiating the Pandemian from the Uranian gods. [...] But what is true for Aphrodite seems to be a contradiction in terms: she is both one and two and all gods must be praised—both Uranian and Pandemian—and yet only the Uranian ought to be praised [...].

2010, Steven Berg, “Pausanias: Noble Lies and the Fulfillment of Greekness”, in Eros and the Intoxications of Enlightenment: On Plato’s Symposium (SUNY Series in Ancient Greek Philosophy), Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, part 1 (Athens and Enlightenment), page 27:

(not comparable, Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Of Aphrodite Urania, the heavenly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the earthly aspect known as Aphrodite Pandemos: heavenly, spiritual.

Graced by nurses (art's nurse highly grac'd him) / Who fed him with pure marrow of the Muses; / And when he list, with moisture to refresh him, / He drunke cleare Helicon: cleare from abuses, / He bent his mind to pure Vranian vses, / Vranianie him did to heau'n vpreare: / And made to man, him demi-god appeare.

1600, Cyril Tourneur, The Transformed Metamorphosis, [London]: Printed by Valentine Sims, […], →OCLC; republished in John Churton Collins, editor, The Plays and Poems of Cyril Tourneur: […] In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Chatto and Windus, […], 1878, →OCLC, page 213:

Actually, this little girl-child should have been as happy as a lark. But, she wasn't. This is because her Bengali genes had her continually wish to be a Sarasvati, or Uranian Muse, to all the males who came within her ambit – incessantly inspiring them to great works of Art or Scientific discoveries.

2007, Vivek Iyer, chapter 8, in Samlee’s Daughter: A Novel, Great Britain: Polyglot Publications, →ISBN, section I:

(not comparable, Greek mythology, dated) Relating to Urania, the Muse of astronomy.


Афина

ru-proper noun+

Афи́на • (Afína) f anim (genitive Афи́ны)

Афи́на (canonical)
Afína (romanization)
Афи́ны (genitive)
Афи́на (nominative singular)
Афи́ны (genitive singular)
Афи́не (dative singular)
Афи́ну (accusative singular)
Афи́ной (instrumental singular)
Афи́ною (instrumental singular)
Афи́не (prepositional singular)


Посейдон

Посейдо́н • (Posejdón) m anim (genitive Посейдо́на, nominative plural Посейдо́ны, genitive plural Посейдо́нов)

Посейдо́н (canonical)
Posejdón (romanization)
Посейдо́на (genitive)
Посейдо́ны (nominative plural)
Посейдо́нов (genitive plural)
Посейдо́н (nominative singular)
Посейдо́ны (nominative plural)
Посейдо́на (genitive singular)
Посейдо́нов (genitive plural)
Посейдо́ну (dative singular)
Посейдо́нам (dative plural)
Посейдо́на (accusative singular)
Посейдо́нов (accusative plural)
Посейдо́ном (instrumental singular)
Посейдо́нами (instrumental plural)
Посейдо́не (prepositional singular)
Посейдо́нах (plural prepositional)


Trojan horse

(Greek mythology) The hollow wooden horse by which the Greeks allegedly gained access to Ilium/Troy during the Trojan War.