castrum

Borrowed from Latin castrum. Doublet of Caister and Chester.

(historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.


teoria

teoryjka (diminutive)
teoria (nominative singular)
teorie (nominative plural)
teorii (genitive singular)
teorii (genitive plural)
teoryj (archaic genitive plural)
teorii (dative singular)
teoriom (dative plural)
teorię (accusative singular)
teorie (accusative plural)
teorią (instrumental singular)
teoriami (instrumental plural)
teorii (locative singular)
teoriach (locative plural)
teorio (singular vocative)
teorie (plural vocative)

→ Kashubian: teorëjô

Borrowed from French théorie. First attested in 1765.

ref

Magdalena Majdak (26.10.2021) “TEORIA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

(obsolete, Ancient Greece) sending of state-ambassadors


legendary

From legend + -ary; from Medieval Latin legendārius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Medieval Latin legendārium, Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective first appeared in the 16th century.


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.


plebiscite

Sense 1 (“referendum”) is borrowed from French plébiscite, from Latin plēbiscītum, plēbis scītum, plēbī scītum (“law of the common people or plebs”), from plēbis (the genitive singular of plēbs (“common people, plebeians”)) + scītum (“decree, ordinance, statute”).
Sense 3 (“law enacted by the common people”) is a learned borrowing from Latin plēbiscītum: see above. It is attested earlier than English plebiscitum.
cognates
* Italian plebiscito
* Middle French plebiscite (modern French plébiscite)
* Middle Low German plebiscīt (“ordinance”)
* Spanish plebiscito, plebisçito (obsolete)

cog

(Ancient Rome, historical) Synonym of plebiscitum (“a law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate”)


Dii Majores

From Latin di maiores (literally “greater gods”).

der

(Roman mythology) The twelve great gods of Roman mythology, namely Juno, Vesta, Minerva, Ceres, Diana, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Neptune, Vulcan, and Apollo.

Di Majores

di and dei are both acceptable forms in Latin for 'gods'. Also Dii majores

and with maiores following current Latin spelling


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.


mysteries

(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, religion) a number of secret societies or cults


Plutón

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


Plato

Via Latin Plato, from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn), from πλατύς (platús, “broad, wide”), either because of Plato's robust body, or wide forehead or the breadth of his eloquence.

My name is Plato Jones. Plato Constantine Jones. Plato because my mother is Greek, and Jones because my father is Welsh, and Constantine after his father, my grandfather, who is Constantine Llewellyn Jones.

1993, Nina Bawden, The Real Plato Jones, Houghton Miffin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 1:

The Greek philosopher, 427–347 BC, follower of Socrates.


Plato

la-proper noun

Platō m sg (genitive Platōnis); third declension

Platō (canonical masculine singular)
Platōnis (genitive)
Platō (nominative singular)
Platōnis (genitive singular)
Platōnī (dative singular)
Platōnem (accusative singular)
Platōne (ablative singular)
Platō (singular vocative)

English: Plato

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn).

Lēctitāvisse Platōnem studiōsē.


Júpiter

(Roman mythology) Jupiter (chief-god of the Roman pantheon)


Júpiter

→ Bikol Central: Hupiter

→ Tagalog: Hupiter


Saturno

(Roman mythology) Saturn, Roman god of fertility and agriculture.


Saturno

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Saturno, from Latin Sāturnus.

inh+

(Roman mythology) Saturn (god of fertility and agriculture)


Nona

From the Latin meaning "the ninth", because she was prayed to in the ninth month of pregnancy.

(Roman mythology) The youngest of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the spinner of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Clotho.


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.


Marte

(mythology) The Roman god governing war; Mars.


Marte

Borrowed from Spanish Marte (“Mars”), from Latin Mārs, Mārtem.


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.


Morta

(Roman mythology) One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the cutter of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Atropos.


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)

lbor

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


Decima

(Roman mythology) One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the measurer of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Lachesis.


Decima

la-proper noun

Decima f (genitive Decimae, masculine Decimus); first declension

Decimae (genitive)
Decimus (masculine)
Decima (nominative singular)
Decimae (nominative plural)
Decimae (genitive singular)
Decimārum (genitive plural)
Decimae (dative singular)
Decimīs (dative plural)
Decimam (accusative singular)
Decimās (accusative plural)
Decimā (ablative singular)
Decimīs (ablative plural)
Decima (singular vocative)
Decimae (plural vocative)

[ˈd̪ɛːt͡ʃimä]

(Roman mythology) Decima, the goddess that presides over accouchements


Neptuno

(Roman mythology) Neptune, Roman god of the ocean and earthquakes.


Neptuno

(Roman mythology) Neptune (god of the sea)


Neptuno

Borrowed from Spanish Neptuno (“Neptune”), from Latin Neptūnus, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

bor+

(Roman mythology) Neptune (the god of the ocean and of earthquakes, equivalent to Poseidon 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)

lbor

(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”).

com

(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).


pago

Learned borrowing from Latin pāgus (“district”).

lbor

(historical, Ancient Rome) pagus (country district)


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).


anagnorisis

en-noun

anagnorisis (countable and uncountable, plural anagnorises)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναγνώρισις (anagnṓrisis), from ἀναγνωρίζειν (anagnōrízein, “to recognise, discover”).

lbor

His heroines never have a true anagnorisis because the moral fault is never in themselves, only in outside conspirators.

The moment in the plot of a drama in which the hero makes a discovery that explains previously unexplained events or situations; a denouement.

anagnorisis

moment in the plot when a character makes a critical discovery


anagnorisis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναγνώρισις (anagnṓrisis).

Det tredje ledet, anagnorisis, återuppståndelsen eller igenkännande som vid årsfesterna symboliseras av att trädet med sin nyutspruckna lövprakt bärs in som bevis på att livet ännu en gång återvänt, omtalas ofast enbart i mysteriespelen och ageras inte ut.

1986, Gunilla Domellöf, “Kapitel IV. Karin Boye och prosamodernismen”, in I oss är en mångfald levande, page 221:

The third element, anagnorisis, the resurrection, or recognition, which is symbolized at the annual festivals by the tree being carried in with its newly sprung foliage as evidence that life has once again returned, is most often mentioned only in the mystery plays and is not acted out.

I slutet får vi bevittna hur Fjalar, då han på höjden av sin självtillit får veta sanningen om sina barns öde, når fram till insikt om sin egen identitet. Detta sker genom yttre »anagnorisis», i Hjalmars berättelse, men främst genom inre: Avklädd sin rustning kommer Fjalar till insikt om sin maktlöshet. »Anagnorisis» kommer tematiskt och strukturellt också till uttryck som ett förhållande mellan att se och att inse.

2004, Kjell-Arne Brändström, et al., “Kung Fjalar. Kommentar av Kjell-Arne Brändström”, in Samlade skrifter XII:2, page 294:

In the end, we witness how Fjalar, when at the height of his self-confidence, learns the truth about his children's fate and comes to realize his own identity. This occurs through an outer "anagnorisis," in Hjalmar's narrative, but primarily through inner revelation: Stripped of his armor, Fjalar becomes aware of his powerlessness. "Anagnorisis" thematically and structurally also expresses a relationship between seeing and realizing.


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.

bor

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.


Vesta

From Middle English Vesta, from Latin Vesta, related to Ancient Greek ἑστία (hestía, “to dwell”) and Ἑστία (Hestía, “Hestia”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-; see also Old High German and Old English wesan (“to be”), Gothic wisan, Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “abide dwell”).
Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.

cog

(Roman mythology) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.


Vesta

la-proper noun

Vesta f (genitive Vestae); first declension

Vestae (genitive)
Vesta (nominative singular)
Vestae (nominative plural)
Vestae (genitive singular)
Vestārum (genitive plural)
Vestae (dative singular)
Vestīs (dative plural)
Vestam (accusative singular)
Vestās (accusative plural)
Vestā (ablative singular)
Vestīs (ablative plural)
Vesta (singular vocative)
Vestae (plural vocative)

From Proto-Italic *Westā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, reside, live in”); see also Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), Old High German wesan (“to be”), Gothic wisan, Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “to abide, to dwell”).

cog

cur sit virginibus, quæris, dea culta ministris? / inveniam causas hac quoque parte suas. / ex Ope Iunonem memorant Cereremque creatas / semine Saturni; tertia Vesta fuit. / utraque nupserunt, ambæ peperisse feruntur; / de tribus impatiens restitit una viri.

Why, you ask, is the goddess tended by virgin ministers? I’ll discover the true causes for this as well. They say that Juno and Ceres were born of Ops by Saturn’s seed; Vesta was the third daughter. The other two married, both reported to have borne children; of the three, one remained who could not bear a husband.

(Roman mythology, religion) Vesta, goddess of the hearth and the household, equivalent to Greek Hestia.


Vesta

English: Vesta

(mythology) The Roman goddess of the hearth and home; Vesta.


Vesta

(Roman mythology) Vesta (goddess of domestic life)


Vesta

Vȅsta (canonical feminine)
Ве̏ста (Cyrillic)
Vȅsta (nominative singular)
Veste (genitive singular)
Vesti (dative singular)
Vestu (accusative singular)
Vesto (singular vocative)
Vesti (locative singular)
Vestom (instrumental singular)


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.


mani

From Latin manes (“spirits of the dead”).


baka

en-adj

baka (comparative more baka, superlative most baka)

more baka (comparative)
most baka (superlative)

Borrowed from Japanese 馬鹿(ばか) (baka, “stupid”).

(anime manga, fandom slang, endearing) Stupid, silly.


baka

(anime manga, fandom slang, endearing) A foolish person, a dummy, a silly goose.


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.

bor

(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


Minerva

From Latin Minerva, from Etruscan, originally from Proto-Indo-European *men-es-weh₂, extended from the stem *men-s- (“mind”) (Sanskrit मनस् (manas, “mind”), compare मनस्विन् (manas-vin-, “full of mind or sense”)), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).

مِينِيرْفَا

In many works of this ſpecies, the hero is allowed to be mortal, and to become wiſe and virtuous as well as happy, by a train of events and circumſtances. The heroines, on the contrary, are to be born immaculate; and to act like goddeſſes of wiſdom, juſt come forth highly finiſhed Minervas from the head of Jove.

1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “Author’s Preface”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC:

(Roman mythology) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts, especially crafts and in particular weaving. She is the Roman counterpart of Athena.


Minerva

Minerva (nominative singular)
Minervy (genitive singular)
Minervě (dative singular)
Minervu (accusative singular)
Minervo (singular vocative)
Minervě (locative singular)
Minervou (instrumental singular)

(Roman mythology) Minerva (Roman goddess)


Minerva

la-proper noun

Minerva f (genitive Minervae); first declension

Minervae (genitive)
Minerva (nominative singular)
Minervae (nominative plural)
Minervae (genitive singular)
Minervārum (genitive plural)
Minervae (dative singular)
Minervīs (dative plural)
Minervam (accusative singular)
Minervās (accusative plural)
Minervā (ablative singular)
Minervīs (ablative plural)
Minerva (singular vocative)
Minervae (plural vocative)

→ English: Minerva

→ French: Minerve

→ Japanese: ミネルウァ (Mineruwa) (learned)

→ Portuguese: Minerva

→ Spanish: Minerva

From Etruscan, originally from Proto-Indo-European *menesweh₂, extended from *ménos (“mind”) (Sanskrit मनस् (manas), compare मनस्विन् (manas-vin-, “full of mind or sense”)), from the Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).


Minerva

Borrowed from Latin Minerva, from Etruscan.

(Roman mythology) Minerva (goddess of wisdom)


Minerva

Borrowed from Latin Minerva, from Etruscan, originally from Proto-Indo-European *men-es-weh₂, extended from the stem *men-s- (“mind”) (Sanskrit मनस् (manas), compare मनस्विन् (manas-vin-, “full of mind or sense”)), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”).


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

head

Hercules (plural Herculeses or Hercules or (obsolete) Herculesses or (obsolete) Hercules's)

Herculeses (plural)
Hercules (plural)
Herculesses (obsolete plural)
Hercules's (obsolete plural)

From Latin Herculēs, from Etruscan 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌋𐌄 (hercle), from 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

THere were many Hercules'''’s, but (as Tully ſays, de Nat. Deor. lib. 3.) the famous Actions of them all are aſcrib’d to him who was the Son of Jupiter, by Alcmena, the Wife of Amphitryo King of Thebes.

1698, The Pantheon, Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods and Most Illustrious Heroes, in a Short, Plain and Familiar Method by Way of Dialogue, 2nd edition, London: […] Charles Harper, […], page 332:

THere were many Hercules'''’s amongſt the Antients; Varro enumerates Forty four. The moſt famous were, Hercules Marguſanus, Hercules Ogmius, who was the Symbol of Eloquence amongſt the Gauls; Hercules Pollens, Hercules Thebanus, firſt called Alcides, Hercules' Tyrius, or Egyptian; and there were two of them; the Elder called Melicarthus, or Eſau, the Founder of the City of Tyre; and the Younger, who Subdu’d Geryon, and was Worſhipped in Sidon in Spain.

1705, The Antient Religion of the Gentiles, and Causes of Their Errors Consider’d: […], London: […] John Nutt, […], page 166:

Mr. Sympſon would read Theban, the Story of Omphale being, as he thinks, only applicable to him: But as there were many Hercules'''’s, and among the reſt a Libyan, the Son of Jupiter Ammon; if it is inaccurate, it ſeems the Inaccuracy of a Scholar, and not an Error of the Preſs.

1750, The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher, volume the third, London: […] J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper […], page 70:

Supporters.] Two Herculeſſes, with clubs over their ſhoulders, proper, crined and habited about the middle, or.

1769, The New Peerage; or Present State of the Nobility of England: […], volume III, London: […] R. Davis, […]; L. Davis, […]; and W. Owen, […], page 227:

There were so many Hercules in the Grecian mythology and history, that it was necessary to specify when the principal Hercules, the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, was meant.

1795, Paradise Regained, a Poem, in Four Books, by John Milton. A New Edition, with Notes of Various Authors, by Charles Dunster, M.A., London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, […], page 258:

Thus he enumerates many Hercules’s, and many Mercury’s; but one part of the history of each is so much the same, that I know not how he could avoid perceiving that they were only two names of one person.

1838, L[eveson] Vernon Harcourt, The Doctrine of the Deluge; Vindicating the Scriptural Account from the Doubts Which Have Recently Been Cast upon It by Geological Speculations, volume I, London: […] Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], page 453:

[…]—Hercules—Was Nimrod, the grand-son of Noah, and the origin of all the fabled Herculesses of all the early nations—[…]

1843, [Josiah Priest], Slavery, as It Relates to the Negro, or African Race, Examined in the Light of Circumstances, History and the Holy Scriptures; […], Albany, N.Y.: C. Van Benthuysen and Co., page VII:

Our great cities have become so many Augean stables, for the removal of whose filth as many Hercules are required.

1848, Richard B[oxall] Grantham, A Treatise on Public Slaughter-Houses, Considered in Connection with the Sanitary Question. […], London: […] J[ohn] Weale, […]; and […] Henry Renshaw, […], page 25:

“[…] Diogenes turned Hercules into ridicule; and the Roman Cynic Varro introduces three hundred Joves without heads.” From the stage abuser the sarcastic African father selects, partly from his own former observation, those of Diana being flogged, the reading of Jupiter’s will after his decease, and the three half-starved Herculesses!

1884, Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, […], page 112:

[…] and now was Hercules famous at Tyre: not he that we spoke of before: (for the more secret histories say there were many Hercules, and many father Libers) and this Hercules they make famous for twelve sundry rare exploits […]

The two Hercules are positioned on the same convex, bulging frame of the lower stern gallery as David, but furthest to the port (No. 397) and to the starboard (No. 1279) respectively of the centre line.

1986, Hans Soop, The Power and the Glory: The Sculptures of the Warship Wasa, Almqvist & Wiksell, →ISBN, page 43:

By this time, however, Maciste had lost his individuality and had become indistinguishable from the many Herculeses, Atlases, and other assorted neomythological strongmen, all played by a host of American bodybuilders.

2008, Gino Moliterno, Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; 28), The Scarecrow Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 188:

(Roman mythology) The Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.

هِرَقْل

The Roman name of Heracles — see also Heracles


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”).

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

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)


meta

Learned borrowing from Latin mēta. Doublet of meda.

(Ancient Rome) meta (either of the conical columns at each end of a Roman circus)


pedagogue

From Middle English pedagoge, from Middle French pedagogue, from Latin paedagōgus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”) (from ἄγω (ágō, “lead”)). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogue.

surf

(historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.


Hermes

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Hermes.wav

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).


pandit

From Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita). Doublet of pundit.

(India, Nepal) An honorary title for a learned man or scholar.


pandit

(Hinduism) someone who performs a puja; a Hindu priest


pandit

pandit (nominative singular)
pandici (nominative plural)
pandity (derogatory nominative plural)
pandita (genitive singular)
panditów (genitive plural)
panditowi (dative singular)
panditom (dative plural)
pandita (accusative singular)
panditów (accusative plural)
panditem (instrumental singular)
panditami (instrumental plural)
pandicie (locative singular)
panditach (locative plural)
pandicie (singular vocative)
pandici (plural vocative)

(Hinduism) pandit, pundit (learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion, and law; a Hindu scholar)


pandit

pàndit (canonical masculine)
па̀ндит (Cyrillic)


Quirinus

(Roman mythology) An early Roman deity of possibly Sabine origin.


Quirinus

la-proper noun

Quirīnus m sg (genitive Quirīnī); second declension

Quirīnus (canonical masculine singular)
Quirīnī (genitive)
Quirīnus (nominative singular)
Quirīnī (genitive singular)
Quirīnō (dative singular)
Quirīnum (accusative singular)
Quirīnō (ablative singular)
Quirīne (singular vocative)

English: Quirinus

Italian: Quirino

Portuguese: Quirino

From the Sabine town Curēs, or from quirīs (“citizen”). Falsely derived, some say, from curīs (“spear”) and cūria (“court”).

(Roman mythology) of Romulus after his deification; Quirinus


fata

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


fata

la-proper noun

fāta n pl (genitive fātōrum); second declension

fāta (canonical neuter plural)
fātōrum (genitive)
fāta (nominative plural)
fātōrum (genitive plural)
fātīs (dative plural)
fāta (accusative plural)
fātīs (ablative plural)
fāta (plural vocative)

Vulgar Latin: *Fāta (see there for further descendants)

(Roman mythology) The Fates; Parcae; gods who control destiny; divine personifications of fate


Diana

→ Hawaiian: Kiana
→ English: Kiana

→ Serbo-Croatian: Дајана, Dajana

→ Spanish: Dayana

Borrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Old Latin Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus + -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”) + Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂.
Originally an Old Italic divinity of light and the moon; later identified as the Roman counterpart to Greek goddess Artemis. Cognate of Attic Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē), similarly syncopated from older Ancient Greek Διϝωνη (Diwōnē), whence via Latin Diōne is derived English Dione used in various ways across astronomy, chemistry, biology, and as a given name. From the same root Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- also potentially cognate to English June via Latin Jūnō.

So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and all the world worshippeth.

(Roman mythology) The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis.


Diana

From English Diana, borrowed from Latin Diāna.

(Roman mythology) Diana; the daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis


Diana

Diana (nominative singular)
Diany (nominative plural)
Diany (genitive singular)
Dian (genitive plural)
Dianě (dative singular)
Dianám (dative plural)
Dianu (accusative singular)
Diany (accusative plural)
Diano (singular vocative)
Diany (plural vocative)
Dianě (locative singular)
Dianách (locative plural)
Dianou (instrumental singular)
Dianami (instrumental plural)


Diana

Dīāna or Diāna f (genitive Dīānae or Diānae); first declension

Dīāna (canonical)
Diāna (canonical feminine)
Dīānae (genitive)
Diānae (genitive)
Dīāna (nominative singular)
Dīānae (nominative plural)
Dīānae (genitive singular)
Dīānārum (genitive plural)
Dīānae (dative singular)
Dīānīs (dative plural)
Dīānam (accusative singular)
Dīānās (accusative plural)
Dīānā (ablative singular)
Dīānīs (ablative plural)
Dīāna (singular vocative)
Dīānae (plural vocative)
Diāna (nominative singular)
Diānae (nominative plural)
Diānae (genitive singular)
Diānārum (genitive plural)
Diānae (dative singular)
Diānīs (dative plural)
Diānam (accusative singular)
Diānās (accusative plural)
Diānā (ablative singular)
Diānīs (ablative plural)
Diāna (singular vocative)
Diānae (plural vocative)

la-ndecl

Old Latin long i form Dīāna, first-declension noun

Late Latin short i form Diāna, first-declension noun

Eastern Romance

Aromanian: dzãnã, zãnã

Romanian: zână

Old French: gene (“mischievous fairy”)

Sardinian: giàna

West Iberian

Asturian: xana

Galician: xa (“mischievous fairy”)

→? Albanian: zanë

⇒ Neapolitan: janara (“witch”)

→ Belarusian: Дзіяна (Dzijana)

→ Bulgarian: Диана (Diana)

→ Catalan: Diana

→ Coptic: Ⲇⲓⲁⲛⲏ (Dianē)

→ Czech: Diana

→ Danish: Diana

→ Dutch: Diana

→ English: Diana (see there for further descendants)

→ Estonian: Diana

→ Faroese: Diana

→ French: Diane (see there for further descendants)

→ German: Diana

→ Hungarian: Diána

→ Icelandic: Díana

→ Italian: Diana

→ Latvian: Diāna

→ Lithuanian: Diana

→ Macedonian: Дијана (Dijana)

→ Norwegian: Diana

→ Polish: Diana

→ Portuguese: Diana

→ Romani: Teany

→ Romanian: Diana

→ Russian: Диана (Diana)

→ Serbo-Croatian: Дијана, Dijana

→ Slovak: Diana

→ Slovene: Dijana

→ Spanish: Diana

→ Swedish: Diana

→ Ukrainian: Діана (Diana)

Original form with long i Dīāna, derived by syncope from Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus + -āna; some inscriptions read Deiana or Deana, akin to deus + -āna; both feminine stem words dīva and dea meaning “goddess” derived from Old Latin deiva, from Proto-Italic *deiwā from Proto-Indo-European *deywós from *dyew- (“heaven, day sky; to shine”). See Old Latin Diēspiter, a primitive form of Iuppiter, formed by appending a suffix to Latin diēs, cognate to both dīvus and deus.
Diana is also called Iāna (“Jana”), analogous to procope of Old Latin Diovis into Iovis (“Jove”).
The form Dīviāna occurs in Varro's attempt to explain the etymology of the name, with the now-discredited explanation that "quod luna in altitudinem et latitudinem simul <i>t, Diviana, appellata"; the intention seems to be to derive the name from dēviō (“stray, deviate”), from via (“road”). If Dīviāna was a genuinely used variant form (rather than a hypothetical form proposed as a precursor), it appears to represent a univerbation dīva + Iāna, literally “Goddess Jana”.
Compare Attic Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē), Doric Greek Διώνᾱ (Diṓnā), syncopated from Ancient Greek Διϝωνᾱ (Diwōnā), from a shared root whence by analogical formation also evolved Latin Iūnō, Iūnōnis.

(religion) Diana, the daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated with wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Greek goddess Artemis.


Diana

Diana (nominative singular)
Diany (genitive singular)
Dianie (dative singular)
Dianę (accusative singular)
Dianą (instrumental singular)
Dianie (locative singular)
Diano (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Diāna, from Latin Dīāna, from Old Latin Dīvāna.


Diana

/d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/

[d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

/ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/

/d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/

[d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

/ˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/

Learned borrowing from Latin Diāna. Doublet of Daiane and Daiana.


Diana

sk-proper noun

Diana f (genitive singular Diany, nominative plural Diany, declension pattern of žena)

Diany (genitive singular)
Diany (nominative plural)
žena (declension-pattern-of)
Diana (nominative singular)
Diany (nominative plural)
Diany (genitive singular)
Dián (genitive plural)
Diane (dative singular)
Dianám (dative plural)
Dianu (accusative singular)
Diany (accusative plural)
Diane (locative singular)
Dianách (locative plural)
Dianou (instrumental singular)
Dianami (instrumental plural)


Caca

(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth.


アニメ

→ English: anime

→ Malay: anime

→ Spanish: anime, ánime

→ Portuguese: anime, animé, animê

→ Russian: аниме (anime)

→ Hindi: ऐनिमे (ainime)

→ Burmese: အာနီမေ (anime)

→ Turkish: anime

Anime
Daijirin
Daijisen
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors
ja:アニメ
ja:松村明

Clipping of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation.
Not directly related to French animé (“animated”).

(animation, anime) anime, Japanese animation


agnomen

An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen.


agnomen

la-noun

agnōmen n (genitive agnōminis); third declension

agnōmen (canonical neuter)
agnōminis (genitive)
agnōmen (nominative singular)
agnōmina (nominative plural)
agnōminis (genitive singular)
agnōminum (genitive plural)
agnōminī (dative singular)
agnōminibus (dative plural)
agnōmen (accusative singular)
agnōmina (accusative plural)
agnōmine (ablative singular)
agnōminibus (ablative plural)
agnōmen (singular vocative)
agnōmina (plural vocative)

→ English: agnomen

→ Portuguese: agnome

→ Spanish: agnombre

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + nōmen (“name; title”).

A surname or additional name relating to a specific achievement, characteristic or trait; agnomen.


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)


faun

From Middle English fawn, from Latin faunus.

(Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.


faun

fauni (adjective)
faun (nominative singular)
faunowie (nominative plural)
fauny (derogatory nominative plural)
fauna (genitive singular)
faunów (genitive plural)
faunowi (dative singular)
faunom (dative plural)
fauna (accusative singular)
faunów (accusative plural)
faunem (instrumental singular)
faunami (instrumental plural)
faunie (locative singular)
faunach (locative plural)
faunie (singular vocative)
faunowie (plural vocative)
fauny (derogatory plural vocative)

(Roman mythology) faun (woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry)


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>

Ми́масЕнцела́дТе́тидаДио́наРе́яТита́нЯпе́т

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


Европа

head

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)


denier

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French denier, inherited from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of dénaire.


JD

(Indian politics) Initialism of Janata Dal (former Indian political party)


Amore

(Roman mythology) Cupid, Eros (the god of love)


Anime

de-noun

Anime m (strong, genitive Animes or Anime, plural Anime or Animes)

Animes (genitive)
Anime (genitive)
Anime (plural)
Animes (plural)
Anime (nominative singular)
Anime (definite nominative plural)
Animes (definite nominative plural)
Animes (genitive singular)
Anime (genitive singular)
Anime (definite genitive plural)
Animes (definite genitive plural)
Anime (dative singular)
Anime (dative definite plural)
Animes (dative definite plural)
Anime (accusative singular)
Anime (accusative definite plural)
Animes (accusative definite plural)

anime (A style of art that originated in Japan)


Acropolis

/əˈkɹɒpəlɪs/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκρόπολις (Akrópolis, “Acropolis”), from ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

bor

The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)


Althea

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

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


Atem

(Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Atum


Ash

en-proper noun

Ash (countable and uncountable, plural Ashes)

Ash (deity)
Ash (disambiguation)#Places
Ash (name)

(Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of oases.


Akkad

From Biblical Hebrew אַכַּד (ʾakkáḏ), from Akkadian 𒌵𒆠 (Akkade).

The capital city of the kingdom of Akkad of uncertain location.


Bast

(Egyptian mythology) Alternative spelling of Bastet


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)


Anu

(Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian mythology) Anu (god of heaven)


Amor

de-proper noun

Amor m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amors or Amor)

Amors (genitive)
Amor (genitive)
Amor (nominative singular)
Amors (genitive singular)
Amor (genitive singular)
Amor (dative singular)
Amor (accusative singular)

Doch als es morgens tagte, / Mein Kind, wie staunten wir! / Denn zwischen uns saß Amor, / Der blinde Passagier

1827, Heinrich Heine, “Die Heimkehr”, in Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:


Amor

träffas av Amors pilar

be struck by Cupid's arrow (literally "arrows," idiomatic)


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)


Blues

In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin venetī (“Sea-Blues”) or factio veneta (“the sea-blue faction”) and Byzantine Greek Βένετοι (Bénetoi, “Blues”).

bor

(informal) Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue, such as:


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


feng shui

Borrowed from Mandarin 風水／风水 (fēngshuǐ, “feng shui (Chinese system of geomancy)”, literally “wind and water”): 風／风 (fēng, “wind”) + 水 (shuǐ, “water”). Doublet of fung shui.

bor

On my telling two missionaries here lately that this Government would not allow a road to be made to their coal mines because it would obstruct the Feng-shui, they only laughed at it. [...] The upper classes may have Feng-shui, and use it when it suits them, as the Government do; but they also, when it suits their purpose, have no difficulty in overcoming the Feng Shui.

1869 March 15, “Summary of news from the Far East. China. Tientsin.”, in The London and China Telegraph, Japan Herald, and Journal of the Eastern Archipelago, French mail edition, volume XI, number 315, London: Printed for the proprietors by Richard Kindee, […], and published by James West […], published 7 June 1869, →OCLC, page 258, column 2:

When the Hongkong Government cut a road, now known as the Gap, to the Happy Valley, the Chinese community was thrown into a state of abject terror and fright, on account of the disturbance which this amputation of the dragon's limbs would cause to the Feng-shui of Hongkong; and when many of the engineers, employed at the cutting, died of the Hongkong fever, and the foreign houses already built in the Happy Valley had to be deserted on account of malaria, the Chinese triumphantly declared, it was an act of retributory justice on the part of Feng-shui.

1873, Ernest J. Eitel [i.e., Ernst Johann Eitel], “Introductory”, in Feng-shui: Or, The Rudiments of Natural Science in China, London: Trübner & Co., →OCLC, page 2:

Feng-Shui views heaven and earth, the whole universe, as one great fetich, animated by a blind unintelligent but omnipotent vitality, a vitality in which man shares, and of which, by the exercise of his intelligent faculties, he may procure a larger and better share than would otherwise fall to his lot. As a practical art, Feng-Shui is the terrestrial sister of Astrology, a mode of deciphering the destinies of an individual as included in the vast complications of the universal whole, but in this respect the earthly sister excels her star-gazing prototype, that by means of Feng-Shui a man learns not only what his fate is, but how it may be modified to his own advantage.

1874 March, F. S. T., “Feng-Shui”, in The Cornhill Magazine, volume XXIX, number 171, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 343:

The following are translated copies of placards which have been extensively posted in the city and suburbs during the past week: [...] "[...] On recovering our Feng Shui land, then the state will be prosperous, the people peaceable, the winds moderate, and the rains favorable. Let all the people exert themselves."

1878 September 15, “Mr. [M. M.] De Lano to Mr. Holcombe. [Inclosure 3 in No. 61; No. 111; The Wu Shih Shan Riot. Placards.]”, in Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, with the Annual Message of the President, December 1, 1879. […], Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1879, →OCLC, page 187:

The question of the Channel Tunnel has been discussed from many points of view, commercial, naval, military; and all that can be said on the subject from a scientific or statistical standpoint has probably been exhausted. But the final clinching argument is that the tunnel would destroy our insular position; and it is there that the Press carries public opinion with it. We cannot have our insular position destroyed. The sea is England's glory and the wind and the waves her portion and her heritage, and shall these advantages be abated for the sake of a hole under the sea and a devil carriage to roar through it? Never, says John Bull; and doubtless his instinct is right. But if that isn't belief in feng-shui, which means precisely wind and water, one humble scribe would like to know what is.

1913 December 20, “The Memories of the Unattainable”, in The North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette: The Weekly Edition of the North-China Daily News, volume CIX (New Series), number 2419, Shanghai: Printed and published at the offices of the North-China Daily News & Herald, Ld., →OCLC, pages 904–905:

An example of public acknowledgement by Government of the legitimacy of feng-shui disputes in the Tsuen Wan area [in Hong Kong] concerned the objections of villagers in Sheung Kwai Chung to the construction of a salt water service reservoir. It was claimed that the construction of this reservoir on a ridge behind the village would adversely affect the village's feng-shui because the veins of the "green dragon" protecting the village would be severed.

1968 July, Baruch Boxer, “Space, Change and Feng-shui in Tsuen Wan’s Urbanization”, in K. Ishwaran, editor, Journal of Asian and African Studies, volume 3, numbers 3–4, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 231–232:

(Chinese mythology) A system of spiritual energies, both good and evil, present in the natural features of landscapes.

風水

system of spiritual energies present in the natural features of landscapes


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)


Devi

Borrowed from Sanskrit देवी (devī́, “goddess, female deity”).

bor+

(Hinduism) Shakti, the female aspect of the divine, as conceptualized by the Shakta tradition of Hinduism. She is the female counterpart without whom the male aspect, which represents consciousness or discrimination, remains impotent and void.

A title put at the end of any female deity's name within Hinduism (e.g. Lakshmi Devi, Saraswati Devi, Kali Devi).


Calypso

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


Calypso

la-proper noun

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

desc

→ 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)


Boxer

Named Boxers by the West, since their official title was "The Fist of Righteous Harmony" (義和拳／义和拳 (Yìhéquán)) and their symbol was a clenched fist.

(historical) A Chinese anti-imperial and xenophobic rebel of the early 1900s.


Aura

en-proper noun

Aura (countable and uncountable, plural Auras)

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


Ancient Greece

The Greek-speaking world in ancient times, geographically referring not only to modern Greece and southern Balkan peninsula but also to areas of Hellenic culture that were settled during ancient times by Greeks: Cyprus, the Aegean coast of Ionia, southern Italian peninsula and Sicily (known as Magna Graecia) and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, southern France, southern Spain, Catalonia, Georgia, Romania, and Ukraine.


Cupido

Learned borrowing from Latin Cupīdō (“Cupid, the god of love”), from cupere (“to desire, to long for”).

lbor

(Roman mythology) Cupid (the god of love)


Cupido

de-proper noun

Cupido m (proper noun, strong, genitive Cupidos)

Cupidos (genitive)
Cupido (nominative singular)
Cupidos (genitive singular)
Cupido (dative singular)
Cupido (accusative singular)

Den edlen Müßiggang lehr ich hernach dich schätzen, / Und bald empfindest du mit innigem Ergetzen, / Wie sich Cupido regt und hin und wider springt.

1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Hexenküche”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:


Cupido

la-proper noun

Cupīdō m (genitive Cupīdinis); third declension

Cupīdō (canonical masculine)
Cupīdinis (genitive)
Cupīdō (nominative singular)
Cupīdinēs (nominative plural)
Cupīdinis (genitive singular)
Cupīdinum (genitive plural)
Cupīdinī (dative singular)
Cupīdinibus (dative plural)
Cupīdinem (accusative singular)
Cupīdinēs (accusative plural)
Cupīdine (ablative singular)
Cupīdinibus (ablative plural)
Cupīdō (singular vocative)
Cupīdinēs (plural vocative)

→ Catalan: Cupido

→ English: Cupid

→ French: Cupidon

→ Portuguese: Cupido

→ Italian: Cupido

→ Russian: Купидо́н (Kupidón)

Personification of cupīdō (“desire, longing”), with a change in gender to masculine.


Cupido

(Roman mythology, uncommon) Cupid (god of love)


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.


Deo

la-prop

Dēō f sg (genitive Dēōnis); third declension

Dēō (canonical feminine singular)
Dēōnis (genitive)
Dēō (nominative singular)
Dēōnis (genitive singular)
Dēōnī (dative singular)
Dēōnem (accusative singular)
Dēōne (ablative singular)
Dēō (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δηώ (Dēṓ), a synonym for Ancient Greek Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), the Greek counterpart of Roman Cerēs.


Elio

elioconcentrato

tomato sauce concentrated by sun exposure


Chaos

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

19521 Chaos
Chaos (Warhammer)
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.


Faun

Faun (nominative singular)
Fauna (genitive singular)
Faunowi (dative singular)
Fauna (accusative singular)
Faunem (instrumental singular)
Faunie (locative singular)
Faunie (singular vocative)

(Roman mythology) Faunus (rustic god of the forest, plains, and fields)


Capitol

From Middle English Capitolie, in historical sense, from Latin Capitōlium. Other meanings from specific instances of capitol, q.v. As a French town hall, a calque of French Capitole.

Constantine the Great
Museum of Roman Civilization
Washington Mall

(historical) The citadel and temples on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.


Fauna

Feminine form of Faunus.
Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂w-, whence Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “beast”), Illyrian-related Daunus. Some refer it to faveō.

(Roman mythology) The goddess of animals, nature, spring and fertility; she is also the consort of Faunus.


Barca

From Latin Barca, from Punic 𐤁𐤓𐤒 (Baraq), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤒 (baraq, “lightning”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *baraḳ-.

Hamilcar Barca; Hannibal Barca

A surname from Punic, particularly (historical) a dynasty of Carthaginian leaders.


Barca

From Latin Barca, from Ancient Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from the local tribe of the Barraci.

(historical) Former name of Marj, a city in Libya.


Barca

2000 April 19, BBC Online, "Football News":

There's only one Barca

Chelsea and Barca clash once again

Giovani committed to Barca

association football
association football

(informal, soccer) FC Barcelona, a prominent Spanish association football club.


Barca

la-proper noun

Barca f sg (genitive Barcae); first declension

Barcae (genitive)
Barca (nominative singular)
Barcae (nominative plural)
Barcae (genitive singular)
Barcārum (genitive plural)
Barcae (dative singular)
Barcīs (dative plural)
Barcam (accusative singular)
Barcās (accusative plural)
Barcā (ablative singular)
Barcīs (ablative plural)
Barca (singular vocative)
Barcae (plural vocative)

From Punic 𐤁𐤓𐤒 (Baraq), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤒 (baraq, “lightning”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *baraḳ-.

a surname from Punic, particularly (historical) a dynasty of Carthaginian leaders.


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.


Ether

From Old French ether, from Latin aether (“the upper pure, bright air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”), from αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn, shine”). Doublet of Aether.

der

(Roman mythology) The god-personification of the bright, glowing upper air of heaven. He is the Roman counterpart of Aether.


Egyptology

en-noun

Egyptology (countable and uncountable, plural Egyptologies)

/ˌid͡ʒɪpˈtɑləd͡ʒi/

/ˌiːd͡ʒɪpˈtɒləd͡ʒi/

(countable) A work concerning ancient Egypt.


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


Dari

Borrowed from Classical Persian دری (darī), of disputed origin, probably from دربار (darbār, “royal court”). The term was adopted by the government of Afghanistan in 1964 as the official name of the varieties of Persian spoken in the country, which has become the most common usage of the term since.

bor+

A language primarily spoken in the Yazd and Kerman areas of Iran.


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.


Greens

In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin prasinī (“Leek-Greens”) or factio prasina (“the leek-green faction”) and Byzantine Greek Πράσινοι (Prásinoi, “Leek-Greens”).

bor

(informal) Synonym of Green Party in various other contexts.


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

la-proper noun

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)


Heaven

What Heaven has conferred is called the Nature...

1893, James Legge, transl., The Doctrine of the Mean:

...‘Heaven’ as we use it throughout the book is only a convenient but inaccurate translation of the Chinese character tian. Heaven in Chinese religions as well as in the Confucian tradition has multidimensional implications... In its metaphysical and physical connotation, Heaven... refers to... Nature. Applied in the spiritual realm, it signifies an anthropomorphic Lord or a Supreme Being who presides in Heaven, and rules over or governs directly the spiritual and material worlds.

2000, Yao Xinzhong, An Introduction to Confucianism, page 142:

It was not just the sky, but a god with wills and intentions, seen as sovereign of all... In fact, "Tian" was another reverent term to address the supreme god: "Heaven, for the help of the inferior people, made for them rulers, and made for them instructors" ("Great Declaration I" in the Book of History)...

2018, Zhuo Xinping, Religious Faith of the Chinese, page 58:

(Chinese mythology, semantic translation of 天 (tiān)) The supreme God or Nature which controls the universe.


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”).


Lava

(Hinduism) One of the twin children of the Lord Rāma and his wife Sita in the Ramayana.


Lemur

de-noun

Lemur m (weak, genitive Lemuren, plural Lemuren)

Lemuren (genitive)
Lemuren (plural)
Lemur (nominative singular)
Lemuren (definite nominative plural)
Lemuren (genitive singular)
Lemuren (definite genitive plural)
Lemuren (dative singular)
Lemuren (dative definite plural)
Lemuren (accusative singular)
Lemuren (accusative definite plural)

(Roman mythology, in the plural) lemures (spirits or ghosts of the dead)


Manga

Manga m (strong, genitive Manga or Mangas, plural Manga or Mangas)

Manga (genitive)
Mangas (genitive)
Manga (plural)
Mangas (plural)
Manga (nominative singular)
Manga (definite nominative plural)
Mangas (definite nominative plural)
Manga (genitive singular)
Mangas (genitive singular)
Manga (definite genitive plural)
Mangas (definite genitive plural)
Manga (dative singular)
Manga (dative definite plural)
Mangas (dative definite plural)
Manga (accusative singular)
Manga (accusative definite plural)
Mangas (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”).

(comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


Flora

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From Latin Flōra (Roman goddess of flowers).

(Roman mythology) the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.


Flora

(Roman mythology) the goddess of flowers, Flora


Flora

la-proper noun

Flōra f (genitive Flōrae); first declension

Flōra (canonical feminine)
Flōrae (genitive)
Flōra (nominative singular)
Flōrae (genitive singular)
Flōrae (dative singular)
Flōram (accusative singular)
Flōrā (ablative singular)
Flōra (singular vocative)

→ English: Flora

French: Flore, Flora

→ German: Flora

Italian: Flora

Portuguese: Flora

Spanish: Flora
→ Tagalog: Flora

From Proto-Italic *Flōzā, from an ā-thematic extension of *flōs (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃s ~ *bʰl̥h₃s-és, from *bʰleh₃- (“bloom, flower”).

inh

(Roman mythology) Flora, the goddess of flowers.


Flora

Flora (nominative singular)
Flory (nominative plural)
Flory (genitive singular)
Flor (genitive plural)
Florze (dative singular)
Florom (dative plural)
Florę (accusative singular)
Flory (accusative plural)
Florą (instrumental singular)
Florami (instrumental plural)
Florze (locative singular)
Florach (locative plural)
Floro (singular vocative)
Flory (plural vocative)

(uncountable, Roman mythology) Flora (goddess of flowers)


Flora

(Roman mythology) Flora (goddess of nature)


Flora

→ Tagalog: Flora


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.


Mors

(Roman mythology) The god and personification of death; the Roman counterpart of Thanatos.


Kama

Fundamentally, the doctrine and technique of Kāma go back to primitive antiquity.

1956, Heinrich Robert Zimmer, Philosophies of India, page 145:

In Indian mythology, Kāma is the counterpart of Cupid.

1969, Allie M. Frazier, Readings in Eastern Religious Thought: Hinduism, page 35:

On seeing Kāma annihilated there, the Devas and the groups of celestial damsels became frightened.

2001, Jagdish Lal Shastri, Arnold Kunst, G. P. Bhatt, Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology, volume 63, page 429:

However, when Śiva saw the proud Kāma getting ready to let another arrow fly, he got angry.

2006, Catherine Benton, God of Desire: Tales of Kamadeva in Sanskrit Story Literature, page 52:

(religion, Hinduism) The Hindu god of love, Kamadeva


Manu

Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”). Doublet of man.

translit

Agni is the one who is introduced by Manu, who is kindled by Manu; one requests him to rule at the present sacrifice, as he had done it for Manu, when he "offered the first oblation, with kindled fire, with his (attentive) heart and soul, along with the seven priests" to the gods (X, 63, 7).

1988, Hermann Oldenberg, Shridhar B. Shrotri, The Religion of the Veda, page 138:

(Hinduism) A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood.


Noman

(Greek mythology) An alias of Odysseus Laërtiadês


Kali

From Sanskrit काली (kālī) or कालिका (kālikā).

Kālī is Śiva's "other" wife, as it were, provoking him and encouraging him in his mad, antisocial, often disruptive habits. It is never Kālī who tames Śiva but Śiva who must becalm Kālī.

1986, David R. Kinsley, Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition, published 1988, page 122:

To many Hindu Bengalis, Kālī is the most important divinity. Identified with the great Goddess, Devi Bhagavati, she subsumes all other goddesses.

2000, Sanjukta Gupta, “27: The Worship of Kālī According to the Toḑala Tantra”, in David Gordon White, editor, Tantra in Practice, published 2001, page 463:

A popular form of Kali worshiped in Calcutta is Adya Shakti Kali, or Kali as primordial power. Adya Shakti Kali is also present in some tantras, especially the Mahanirvana Tantra. Because she devours Kala or Time, she is Kali, the original form of all things, and because she is the origin and devourer of all things, she is called Adya Kali.

2011, June McDaniel, “2: Kali: Goddess of Life, Death, and Transcendence”, in Patricia Monaghan, editor, Goddesses in World Culture, volume 1, page 26:

(Hinduism) A goddess in Hinduism, one of the most significant figures within that religion, who destroys evil forces and bestows liberation.

A female given name from Sanskrit used especially in India.


Kali

(Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu.


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).


Nox

(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of night.


Nox

la-proper noun

Nox f sg (genitive Noctis); third declension

Noctis (genitive)
Nox (nominative singular)
Noctis (genitive singular)
Noctī (dative singular)
Noctem (accusative singular)
Nocte (ablative singular)
Nox (singular vocative)


Not

(Egyptian mythology) Alternative spelling of Nut.


Media

From Latin Mēdia, from Ancient Greek Μηδία (Mēdía), from Μῆδος (Mêdos), from *Mada (vocalization uncertain), the Old Median language self-designator signifying speakers of the Median language. Compare Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐎭 (Māda). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”) i.e. central kingdom, cognate with Sanskrit मध्य (mádhya).

Henderson County
Henderson County#English

A township and village therein, in Henderson County, Illinois.

A place in the United States:
A ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas.

A borough, the county seat of Delaware County, Pennsylvania.


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)


Marathon

/ˈmæɹə(ˌ)θɔn/

/ˈmɛɹə(ˌ)θɔn/

From Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn). Doublet of marathon.

Buena Vista County
Buena Vista County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A minor city in Buena Vista County, Iowa.

A town and village therein, in Cortland County, New York.

An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place in Brewster County, Texas.


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)


Nu

Borrowed from Egyptian nnw (“Nu, the primeval waters”).

bor

(Egyptian mythology) The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.


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”).

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.