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Phaethon
Pha′ë-thon
(fā′ē̍-thŏn)
, p
rop.
Noun.
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
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 978-0691128276
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
- (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
See also
Descendants
References
- Phăĕthon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Phăĕthōn”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,170/1.
- “Phaëthōn” on page 1,371 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)