Phaethon

See also: phaeton and Phaëthon

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin Phaethon, from Ancient Greek Φαέθων (Phaéthōn).

Proper noun

Phaethon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Phaethontidae – tropicbirds.

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

• Tropicbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phaethon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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English

Proper noun

Phaethon

1. Alternative form of Phaëthon
2. (astronomy) the asteroid Phaethon

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Phaëtōn

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φᾰέθων (Phaéthōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.e.tʰoːn/, [ˈpʰäɛt̪ʰoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.e.ton/, [ˈfäːet̪on]

Proper noun

Phaëthōn m sg (genitive Phaëthontis or Phaëthontos); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Phaëthon (son of Helios and Clymene, who, having obtained from his father permission to drive the sun’s chariot for a day, lost control of the steeds, and was struck down by a thunderbolt of Zeus, to prevent his setting the earth on fire)
2. (poetic) a divine epithet of the Sun
3. Synonym of Iuppiter (“the planet Jupiter”)
4. Synonym of Saturnus (“the planet Saturn”)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Phaëthōn
Genitive	Phaëthontis Phaëthontos
Dative	Phaëthontī
Accusative	Phaëthontem Phaëthonta
Ablative	Phaëthonte
Vocative	Phaëthōn

Related terms

• Phaëthontēus
• Phaëthontias
• Phaëthontis
• Phaëthontius
• Phaëthūsa

Descendants

• Translingual: (generic name)
• ?Catalan: Faetont
• English: Phaëthon
• ?Inuktitut: ᐸᐄᑐᓐ (paiiton)
• ?Japanese: パエトーン (Paetōn)
• Portuguese: Faetonte
• Spanish: Faetonte

See also

• Phaenōn

References

• “Phăĕthon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Phăĕthōn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,170/1.
• “Phaëthōn” on page 1,371 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)