Dione

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Etymology

Latin Diōnē (“mother of Venus”), from Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “mother of Aphrodite”)

Proper noun

Dione f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.

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English

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Etymology

From Latin Diōnē (“mother of Venus”), from Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “mother of Aphrodite”).

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Proper noun

Dione (countable and uncountable, plural Diones)

  1. (Greek mythology) Mother of Aphrodite, and possibly the same as the goddess Rhea.
  2. (astronomy) A moon in Jupiter system, Solar System; The fourth largest moon of Saturn.
  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  4. A surname from French

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē).

Proper noun

Dione f

  1. (Greek mythology) Dione
  2. (astronomy) a moon of Saturn

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Latin

Proper noun

Diōne

  1. ablative singular of Diōn

References

  • “Dione”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Dione in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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