Galatea

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English

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 74 Galatea on Wikipedia
 Galatea, New Zealand on Wikipedia

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˌɡæləˈtɪə/

Proper noun

Galatea

  1. (Greek mythology) Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.
  2. (Greek mythology) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.
  3. (Greek mythology) Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.
  4. (astronomy) A moon of Neptune.
  5. (astronomy) 74 Galatea, a main belt asteroid.
  6. A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.

Translations

References

Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γαλάτεια (Galáteia).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Galatēa f sg (genitive Galatēae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Galatea

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Galatēa
Genitive Galatēae
Dative Galatēae
Accusative Galatēam
Ablative Galatēā
Vocative Galatēa

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Galatēa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.laˈtɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Syllabification: Ga‧la‧te‧a

Proper noun

Galatea f

  1. (Greek mythology) Galatea (woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus)
  2. (Greek mythology) Galatea (sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea)
  3. (Greek mythology) Galatea (name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion)
  4. Galatea (moon of Neptune)

Declension

Declension of Galatea
singular
nominative Galatea
genitive Galatei
dative Galatei
accusative Galateę
instrumental Galateą
locative Galatei
vocative Galateo

Further reading

Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

Galatea

  1. (Greek mythology) Galatea
  2. (astronomy) Galatea (moon of Neptune)
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