Dutch

Proper noun

Saturnus m

1. (Roman mythology) The Roman god Saturn
2. Saturn, the sixth planet from Earth's Sun

Related terms

• saturnaliën, Saturnalia
• saturnisme n
• zaterdag m

Estonian

Proper noun

Saturnus

1. (Roman mythology) The Roman god Saturn

Finnish

Noun

Saturnus

1. (Roman mythology) The Roman god Saturn
2. Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun in our solar system.

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Etruscan; alternative derivation from Latin satus, the past participle of serere "to sow", is then mere folk-etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saːˈtur.nus/, [saːˈtʊr.nʊs]

Noun

Sāturnus m ‎(genitive Sāturnī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) Saturn, the Roman, and earlier Italic, god of agriculture and the golden age. Identified with the Greek Kronos, father of Zeus.
2. (astronomy) the planet Saturn

Declension

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (the planet Saturn): Phaenōn, Phaëthōn

Derived terms

• Sāturnius
• Sāturnālis
  • Sāturnālia pl

References

• Saturnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Saturnus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Saturnus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈtɵrnɵs/

Proper noun

Saturnus

1. (Roman mythology) Saturn, a Roman god
2. Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun in our solar system.