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Phaethon

Pha′ë-thon

(fā′ē̍-thŏn)
,
p
rop.
Noun.
[L., Phaëthon (in sense 1), fr. Gr.
Φαέθων
, fr.
φαέθειν
,
φάειν
, to shine. See
Phantom
.]
1.
(Class. Myth.)
The son of Helios (Phœbus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po.
2.
(Zool.)
A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds.

Definition 2024


Phaethon

Phaethon

See also: phaeton and Phaëthon

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin Phaethon, from Ancient Greek Φαέθων (Phaéthōn).

Proper noun

Phaethon m

  1. 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 978-0691128276

English

Proper noun

Phaethon

  1. Alternative form of Phaëthon

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing 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

  1. (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)
  2. (poetic) a divine epithet of the Sun
  3. Synonym of Iuppiter (the planet Jupiter)
  4. 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

See also

Descendants

  • Translingual: Phaethon (generic name)
  • ?Catalan: Faetont
  • English: Phaëthon
  • ?Inuktitut: ᐸᐄᑐᓐ (paiitun)
  • ?Japanese: パエトーン (Paetōn)
  • Portuguese: Faetonte
  • Spanish: Faetonte

References