Cassiopeia
See also: Cassiopéia
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Cassiopeia_starfield.jpg/220px-Cassiopeia_starfield.jpg)
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Cassiopēia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cassiopeia
- (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.
- (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Cepheus and Perseus.
Derived terms
Translations
mythical wife of Cepheus
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constellation
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Dutch
Proper noun
Cassiopeia f
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käs̠ːiɔˈpɛi̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käsːioˈpɛi̯ä]
Proper noun
Cassiopeia f sg (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus).
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Cassiopeia |
Genitive | Cassiopeiae |
Dative | Cassiopeiae |
Accusative | Cassiopeiam |
Ablative | Cassiopeiā |
Vocative | Cassiopeia |
References
- “Cassĭŏpē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 1 Cassĭŏpē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Cassiopéia (superseded)
Proper noun
Cassiopeia f
- (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)
- (astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky)
Spanish
Proper noun
Cassiopeia ?
- (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)
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