Alcyone

See also: alcyone

English

Etymology

Latin Alcyonē, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκυόνη (Alkuónē), from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn), which is considered to be of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ælˈsaɪ.əˌni/

Proper noun

Alcyone

(Greek mythology) One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
(Greek mythology) Daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx.
(astronomy) One of the stars of the Pleiades star cluster, named after the mythical character.

Related terms

halcyon (“kingfisher”)
halcyon days

Translations

Daughter of Atlas

Greek: Αλκυόνη (el) f (Alkyóni)
Portuguese: Alcíone (pt) f

Daughter of Aeolus

Greek: Αλκυόνη (el) f (Alkyóni)
Portuguese: Alcíone (pt) f

Star

German: Alkione
Greek: Αλκυόνη (el) f (Alkyóni)
Hindi: अम्बा तारा m (ambā tārā)
Maori: Matariki
Portuguese: Alcíone (pt) f, Alcyone f
Russian: Альцио́на (ru) (Alʹcióna)

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Anagrams

cyanole

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἀλκυόνη (Alkuónē)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫˈky.ɔ.neː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [al̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.o.ne]

Proper noun

Alcyonē f sg (genitive Alcyonēs); first declension

Alcyone

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Alcyonē
genitive	Alcyonēs
dative	Alcyonae
accusative	Alcyonēn
ablative	Alcyonē
vocative	Alcyonē

Descendants

Catalan: Alcíone
→ English: Alcyone
→ German: Alkione
Italian: Alcione
Portuguese: Alcíone, Alcyone

References

“Alcyone”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Alcyone in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Alcíone

Proper noun

Alcyone f

(astronomy) Alcyone (one of the Pleiades)
Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Alcíone.