Cassiopeia

== English == === Alternative forms === Cassiope === Etymology === From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkæs.i.əˈpiː.ə/ enPR: kăs′ē-ō-pē′yə === 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, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus. Meronyms: Achird, Caph, Fulu, Ruchbah, Schedar, Segin A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], of rare usage. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɑ.si.joːˈpeː.jaː/, /ˌkɑ.si.joːˈpɛi̯.jaː/ === Proper noun === Cassiopeia f (astronomy) Cassiopeia == Latin == === Alternative forms === Cassiopē Cassiopēa, Cassiepēa, Cassiepīa, Cassiepeia === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kas.si.ɔˈpɛi̯.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kas.si.oˈpɛi̯.a] === Proper noun === Cassiopeia f sg (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (the proud wife of Ethiopian king Cepheus and mother of Andromeda) (astronomy) the constellation Cassiopeia ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== === 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 (pre-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Cassiopēa. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Cas‧si‧o‧pei‧a === Proper noun === Cassiopeia f (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus) (astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky) === References === === Further reading === “Cassiopeia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kasjoˈpeja/ [ka.sjoˈpe.ja] Rhymes: -eja Syllabification: Cas‧sio‧pe‧ia === Proper noun === Cassiopeia f (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)