Phaethon
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin Phaethon, from Ancient Greek Φαέθων (Phaéthōn).
Proper noun
Phaethon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Phaethontidae – tropicbirds.
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Further reading
English
Proper noun
Phaethon
- Alternative form of Phaëthon
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φᾰέθων (Phaéthōn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpʰa.e.tʰoːn/, [ˈpʰa.ɛ.tʰoːn]
Proper noun
Phaëthōn m (genitive Phaëthontis or Phaëthontos); third declension
- (Greek mythology) Phaëthon (son of Helios and Clymene, who, having obtained from his father permission to drive the sun’s chariot for a day, lost control of the steeds, and was struck down by a thunderbolt of Zeus, to prevent his setting the earth on fire)
- (poetic) a divine epithet of the Sun
- Synonym of Iuppiter (“the planet Jupiter”)
- Synonym of Saturnus (“the planet Saturn”)
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Phaëthōn |
| genitive | Phaëthontis Phaëthontos |
| dative | Phaëthontī |
| accusative | Phaëthontem Phaëthonta |
| ablative | Phaëthonte |
| vocative | Phaëthōn |
Related terms
- Phaëthontēus
- Phaëthontias
- Phaëthontis
- Phaëthontius
- Phaëthūsa
Descendants
See also
References
- Phăĕthon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phăĕthōn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,170/1
- “Phaëthōn” on page 1,371 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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