Ganymede (redirected from Mythology Ganymede)

Gan·y·mede  (gn-md)

n.

1. Greek Mythology A Trojan boy of great beauty whom Zeus carried away to be his lover and to be cupbearer to the gods.

2. One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter and the seventh in distance from the planet. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is one of the largest satellites in the solar system.

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[Latin Ganymds, from Greek Ganumds.]

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Ganymede¹

n

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Classical myth a beautiful Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus to Olympus and made the cupbearer of the gods

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Ganymede²

n

(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) the brightest and largest of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter, and the largest in the solar system. Diameter: 5262 km; orbital radius: 1 070 000 km

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Ganymede  (gn-md)

One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter and the seventh in distance from the planet. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is the largest satellite in the solar system.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Ganymede - (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
	2.	Ganymede - the largest of Jupiter's satellites

Translations

Ganymede [ˈgænɪˌmiːd] n → Ganimede m