Styx

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɪks/
  • Homophone: sticks

Proper noun

Styx

  1. (Greek mythology) The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.
  2. (astronomy) The 5th moon of Pluto, discovered in 2012.

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Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstɪks]
  • Rhymes: -ɪks

Proper noun

Styx

  1. (Greek mythology, masculine inanimate, feminine) Styx, the river in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon
    • 1906, Vladislav Kalousek, “Styx”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎, volume XXIV, Praha: J. Otto, page 315:
      V podsvětí pak ze Stygy opět vyvěrá Kókytos.
      The Kokytos issues from the Styx in the Underworld.
  2. (Greek mythology, feminine) Styx, the goddess of the river Styx in Hades
    • 1906, Vladislav Kalousek, “Styx”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎, volume XXIV, Praha: J. Otto, page 315:
      […] děti její stále obklopují trůn Zévův a Styx stala se bohyní božské přísahy.
      […] her children keep surrounding the Zeus's throne and Styx became the goddess of the divine oath.
  3. (astronomy, masculine inanimate) Styx, a moon of Pluto [since 2013]
    • 2015 June 4, “Pluto a jeho měsíce jsou tak trochu splašená mini soustava”, in Česká televize‎:
      Nix, Hydra a podle přesvědčení vědců i Kerberos a Styx mají navíc spíš oválný než kulatý tvar, což ještě víc přispívá k jejich nepředvídatelným oběžným drahám.
      The shape of Nix, Hydra and, as scientists are convinced, also Kerberos and Styx is more oval than round, which contributes to unpredictibility of their orbits even more.

Usage notes

The grammatical gender of Styx in the sense of the mythological river can be both masculine and feminine, but the feminine seems obsolete. Current grammar manuals suggest only masculine. (The feminine gender was proposed e. g. in a textbook for secondary schools by M. Blažek in 1877.[1]) However, when speaking about the goddess of the river, the feminine gender has to be used.

Declension

masculine inanimate
feminine

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See also

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star Slunce
Planets and dwarf planets Merkur Venuše Země Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uran Neptun Pluto Haumea Makemake Eris
Notable moons — Měsíc Phobos/Fobos
Deimos		 — Ganymed
Callisto
Io
Europa		 Titan
Rhea
Iapetus
Dione
Tethys
Enceladus
Mimas		 Titania
Oberon
Umbriel
Ariel
Miranda		 Triton Charon
Hydra
Nix
Kerberos
Styx		 Hiʻiaka
Namaka		 — Dysnomia

References

  1. ↑ M. Blažek (1877) Mluvnice jazyka českého‎, Brno, page 115–116

Further reading

  • Styx in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Styx in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx).

Proper noun

Styx m

  1. Styx
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