Eridanus en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /əˈrɪdənəs/
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Ēridanus, from Ancient Greek Ἠρῐδᾰνός (Ērĭdănós).
Meanings
- A large winter constellation of the northern sky. It lies near Orion and Cetus.
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(Greek, with or without the) A mythical river of northern Europe, rich in amber.
When Cycnus, Phaeton’s lover/friend/relative/reports vary learned of his fate he wept so long and so loudly on the banks of the Eridanus that to ease his sorrow (and cease the sound) the gods turned him into a Mute swan and it is from this myth that the term ‘Swan Song’ originates.
2024 January 4, Reda Wigle, “National Bird Day: Celebrate the kind you are based on your zodiac sign”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2024:
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Translations (21)
hi स्रोतस्विनी तारामंडल (constellation) · grc Ἠριδανός (constellation) · fr Éridan (constellation) · es Eridanus (constellation) · tr Eridanus (constellation) · gl Eridano (constellation) · el Ηριδανός (constellation) · ms Sungai (constellation) · tl Ilog (constellation) · tr Irmak (constellation) · kk Эридан (constellation) · yue 波江座 (constellation) · ru Эридан (constellation) · pl Erydan (constellation) · fi Eridanus (constellation) · ko 에리다누스자리 (constellation) · de Eridanus (constellation) · ga an Abhainn (constellation) · cmn 波江座 (constellation) · eo Eridano (constellation) · ja エリダヌス座 (constellation)