Medusa

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin Medūsa, from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa). === Proper noun === Medusa f (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the phylum Cnidaria – diverse jellyfishes, now assigned to numerous other genera. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Cnidaria – phylum === References === Medusa at World Register of Marine Species == English == === Alternative forms === Medousa === Etymology === From Middle English Medusa, Meduse, from Latin Medūsa, from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɪˈdjuːsə/, /mɪˈdjuːzə/ (US) enPR: mĭ'dū'sə, mĭ'dū'zə IPA(key): /məˈduːsə/ Rhymes: -uːsə Hyphenation: Me‧dus‧a === Proper noun === Medusa (Greek mythology) The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus. Coordinate terms: Euryale, Stheno 1895, Adolf Furtwängler, Eugenie Strong (editor and translator), Masterpieces of Greek Sculpture: A Series of Essays on the History of Art, 2010, →ISBN, page 201, On an Attic vase of the middle of the fifth century the head of Medusa in the hand of Perseus is represented as that of a beautiful woman free from any distortion. This led us to conclude (supra, p. 158) that Medusa must have been so represented at Athens in the greater arts even previous to this vase, for the vase-painters never invent such bold novelties for themselves. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Euryale Stheno === References === === Further reading === Medusa (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === amused, sea mud == Italian == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meˈdu.za/ Rhymes: -uza Hyphenation: Me‧dù‧sa === Proper noun === Medusa f (Greek mythology) Medusa === Anagrams === desuma == Japanese == === Romanization === Medusa Rōmaji transcription of メドゥサ == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛˈduː.sa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [meˈduː.s̬a] === Proper noun === Medūsa f sg (genitive Medūsae); first declension (Greek mythology) Medusa (a gorgon) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”). === Proper noun === Medusa f (Greek mythology) Medusa (creature with a petrifying gaze) == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa), from μέδω (médō, “rule over”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meˈdusa/ [meˈð̞u.sa] Rhymes: -usa Syllabification: Me‧du‧sa === Proper noun === Medusa f (Greek mythology) Medusa == Turkish == === Proper noun === Medusa (Greek mythology) Medusa