Dione
See also: dione
Translingual
Etymology
Latin Dionē (“mother of Venus”), from Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “mother of Aphrodite”)
Proper noun
Dione f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Heliconiinae - subfamily; Heliconiini - tribe
Hyponyms
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References
- Dione (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Dione on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Dione on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dione
- (Greek mythology) Mother of Aphrodite, and possibly the same as the goddess Rhea.
- (astronomy) The fourth largest moon of Saturn.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Derived terms
Translations
mythology
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moon of Saturn
name
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Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē).
Proper noun
Dione f
Latin
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) Diōne
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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