Actaeon

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Actaeon n A taxonomic genus within the family Ellobiidae – a synonym of Microtralia, the salt marsh snails. ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Actaeon ovulum (Microtralia ovulum) === References === Microtralia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Microtralia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies == English == === Alternative forms === Actæon (archaic) Acteon === Etymology === From Latin Actaeōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀκταίων (Aktaíōn). In Greek mythology, Artemis transformed Actaeon into a stag with horns on his head. In European folklore, horns were considered the sign of a cuckold, whence the noun sense of Actaeon, "cuckold", and the verb sense "to cuckold", are derived. Compare horned, put horns on, etc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ækˈtiːən/, /ækˈtiːɒn/, /ækˈteɪən/, /ækˈteɪɒn/, /ˈæktɪən/ === Proper noun === Actaeon (Greek mythology) Grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis in book III of Ovid's Metamorphoses. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Actaeon (plural Actaeons) (archaic, slang) A cuckold. 1814, Commentaries on the laws of Moses, volume 4, a translation of Johann David Michaelis' German text by Alexander Smith: a footnote on page 127: […] but I had the story from some French officers of distinction, who mentioned the name of the injured and prudent husband, and that he was a person of very high rank. That name, however, even if I had not forgotten it, I should not think it fair to repeat, because it would seem to be a matter of some moment to the gentleman though he was an Acteon, not to be thought so. 1819, The Hermit in London, published in The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, number 126 (published on June 19, and reprinted in the compilation of Gazette issues printed at the end of the year by William Pople): He once lost a friend by kindly inquiring after his wife, who had made an Acteon of him, first by the head ornament presented, and secondly by sending him to the dogs in the way of pecuniary circumstances. === Verb === Actaeon (third-person singular simple present Actaeons, present participle Actaeoning, simple past and past participle Actaeoned) (obsolete, slang, transitive, rare) To cuckold. === References === “Actaeon, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “Actaeon, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811), “Actaeon”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC. === Further reading === Actaeon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Diana and Actaeon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκταίων (Aktaíōn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [akˈtae̯.oːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [akˈtɛː.on] === Proper noun === Actaeōn m sg (genitive Actaeonis); third declension (Greek mythology) Actaeon (grandson of Cadmus, transformed into a stag by Artemis). ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Actaeon French: Actéon → German: Actäon, Aktäon Italian: Atteone Spanish: Acteón === References === “Actaeōn”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Actæōn”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.