Dione
See also: dione
Translingual
Etymology
Latin Dionē (“mother of Venus”), from Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē, “mother of Aphrodite”)
Proper noun
Dione f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Heliconiinae - subfamily; Heliconiini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Dione juno - type species; Dione glycera, Dione moneta - species
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English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /daɪˈoʊni/
Proper noun
Dione
- (Greek mythology) Mother of Aphrodite, and possibly the same as the goddess Rhea.
- (astronomy) The fourth largest moon of Saturn.
- A female given name.
Derived terms
Translations
mythology
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moon of Saturn
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Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē).
Proper noun
Dione f
Latin
Noun
Diōne
- ablative singular of Diōn
References
- Dione in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Dione in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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