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Amalthea en · PROPN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀμάλθεια (Amáltheia).

Meanings

  1. (Greek) The most frequently mentioned foster mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a mountain cave, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph.
  2. The third most distant moon of Jupiter.

Forms

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Amaltheia alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

horn of Amalthea · Amalthean

Translations (11)

ja アマルテア (third most distant moon Jupiter) · ga Amalthea (third most distant moon Jupiter) · pt Amalteia (third most distant moon Jupiter) · es Amaltea (goat or nymph who suckled Zeus) · pt Amalteia (goat or nymph who suckled Zeus) · cmn 木衛五 /木卫五 (third most distant moon Jupiter) · grc Ἀμάλθεια (goat or nymph who suckled Zeus) · pl Amalteja (goat or nymph who suckled Zeus) · fr Amalthée (goat or nymph who suckled Zeus) · pl Amaltea (third most distant moon Jupiter) · el Αμάλθεια (goat or nymph who suckled Zeus)