Pasiphae
See also: Pasiphaë
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πασιφάη (Pasipháē)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pəˈsɪf.eɪ.i/ (compare with Danae)
Proper noun
Pasiphae
- (Greek mythology) The daughter of Helios and the sister of Circe. She was raised as a princess at Cholchis, and then given in marriage to King Minos of Crete. With Minos, she was the mother of Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, and Catreus. She was also the mother of the Minotaur.
Translations
daughter of Helios
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πασιφάη (Pasipháē), derived from πᾶσι (pâsi, “to all”) + φάος (pháos, “light”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /paːˈsi.pʰa.eː/, [päːˈs̠ɪpʰäeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /paˈsi.fa.e/, [päˈs̬iːfäe]
Proper noun
Pāsiphaē f sg (genitive Pāsiphaēs); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Pāsiphaē |
Genitive | Pāsiphaēs |
Dative | Pāsiphaae |
Accusative | Pāsiphaēn |
Ablative | Pāsiphaē |
Vocative | Pāsiphaē |
Descendants
References
- “Pasiphae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pasiphae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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