Alcyone

See also: alcyone

English

Etymology

Latin Alcyonē, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκυόνη (Alkuónē), from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn), which is considered to be of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælˈsaɪ.əˌni/

Proper noun

Alcyone

1. (Greek mythology) One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
2. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx.
3. (astronomy) One of the stars of the Pleiades star cluster, named after the mythical character.

Related terms

• halcyon (“kingfisher”)
• halcyon days

Translations

Daughter of Atlas

• Greek: Αλκυόνη (el) f (Alkyóni)
• Portuguese: Alcíone (pt) f

Daughter of Aeolus

• Greek: Αλκυόνη (el) f (Alkyóni)
• Portuguese: Alcíone (pt) f

Star

• German: Alkione
• Greek: Αλκυόνη (el) f (Alkyóni)
• Hindi: अम्बा तारा m (ambā tārā)
• Māori: Matariki
• Portuguese: Alcíone (pt) f, Alcyone f
• Russian: Альцио́на (ru) (Alʹcióna)

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See also

• (Behenian fixed stars) Alcyone, Aldebaran, Algol, Algorab, Alkaid, Alphecca, Antares, Arcturus, Capella, Deneb Algedi, Procyon, Regulus, Sirius, Spica, Vega

Anagrams

• cyanole

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Ἀλκυόνη (Alkuónē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫˈky.ɔ.neː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [al̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.o.ne]

Proper noun

Alcyonē f sg (genitive Alcyonēs); first declension

1. Alcyone

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Alcyonē
genitive	Alcyonēs
dative	Alcyonae
accusative	Alcyonēn
ablative	Alcyonē
vocative	Alcyonē

Descendants

• Catalan: Alcíone
• → English: Alcyone
• → German: Alkione
• Italian: Alcione
• Portuguese: Alcíone, Alcyone

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Alcíone

Proper noun

Alcyone f

1. (astronomy) Alcyone (one of the Pleiades)
2. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Alcíone