Galatea

From Latin Galatēa, from Ancient Greek Γαλάτεια (Galáteia).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡæləˈtiːə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Galatea

1. (Greek mythology) Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.
2. (Greek mythology) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.
3. (Greek mythology) Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.
4. (astronomy) A moon of Neptune.
5. (astronomy) 74 Galatea, a main belt asteroid.
6. A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.

• NZ Topo Map

From Ancient Greek Γαλάτεια (Galáteia).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡa.ɫaˈteː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡa.laˈt̪ɛː.a]

Galatēa f sg (genitive Galatēae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Galatea

First-declension noun, singular only.

• → English: Galatea, galatea
• → Translingual: Galathea
• → Polish: Galatea
• → Turkish: Galatea

Learned borrowing from Latin Galatēa.

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.laˈtɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Syllabification: Ga‧la‧te‧a

Galatea f

1. (Greek mythology) Galatea (woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus)
2. (Greek mythology) Galatea (sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea)
3. (Greek mythology) Galatea (name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion)
4. Galatea (moon of Neptune)

• Galatea in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Galatea in PWN's encyclopedia

Galatea

1. (Greek mythology) Galatea
2. (astronomy) Galatea (moon of Neptune)