Cassiopeia

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See also: Cassiopéia

English

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Map of the constellation Cassiopeia.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkæs.i.əˈpiː.ə/
  • enPR: kăs′ē-ō-pē′yə

Proper noun

Cassiopeia

  1. (Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
  2. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus.

Meronyms

Derived terms

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɑsi.oˈpeːja/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Cassiopeia f

  1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cassiopeia f sg (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (the proud wife of Ethiopian king Cepheus and mother of Andromeda)
  2. (astronomy) the constellation Cassiopeia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Cassiopeia
genitive Cassiopeiae
dative Cassiopeiae
accusative Cassiopeiam
ablative Cassiopeiā
vocative Cassiopeia

References

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Cassiopēa.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.si.oˈpɛj.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ka.sjoˈpɛj.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.si.oˈpɛj.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ka.sjoˈpɛj.a/
 

  • Hyphenation: Cas‧si‧o‧pei‧a

Proper noun

Cassiopeia f

  1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)
  2. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky)

References

  1. ^ Cassiopeia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kasjoˈpeja/
  • Rhymes: -eja
  • Syllabification: Cas‧sio‧pe‧ia

Proper noun

Cassiopeia f

  1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)