Cassiopeia

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See also: Cassiopéia

English

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The constellation Cassiopeia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Cassiopēia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkæsi.əˈpiːə/

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. The constellation lies between Cepheus and Perseus.

Derived terms

Translations


Dutch

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 (wife of Cepheus).

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cassiopeia
Genitive Cassiopeiae
Dative Cassiopeiae
Accusative Cassiopeiam
Ablative Cassiopeiā
Vocative Cassiopeia

References


Portuguese

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Cassiopeia f

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

Spanish

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Proper noun

Cassiopeia ?

  1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)