Cepheus

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsiːfi.əs/, /ˈsiːfjuːs/ === Proper noun === Cepheus (Greek mythology) Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth. It contains the star Alderamin. ==== Derived terms ==== Cephei cepheid Cepheid variable ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Cēpheus, from Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈseː.fœy̯s/ Hyphenation: Ce‧pheus === Proper noun === Cepheus m (Greek mythology) Cepheus (astronomy) Cepheus == Latin == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkeː.pʰɛu̯s] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.feu̯s] ==== Proper noun ==== Cēphe͡us m sg (genitive Cēpheī); second declension (Greek mythology) Cepheus (a king of Ethiopia, husband of Cassiopeia, father of Andromeda) (astronomy) the constellation Cepheus ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, singular only. ===== Derived terms ===== Cēphēis (“daughter of Cepheus”, noun) Cēphēius (“of Cepheus”, adjective) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφεῖος (Kēpheîos). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [keːˈpʰeː.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃeˈfɛː.us] ==== Adjective ==== Cēphēus (feminine Cēphēa, neuter Cēphēum); first/second-declension adjective of Cepheus, Ethiopian ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “Cepheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press