Cassiopeia

• Cassiope

From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæs.i.əˈpiː.ə/

Cassiopeia

1. (Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
2. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Cepheus and Perseus and contains the stars Schedar and Caph.

• Cassiopeiae
• Cassiopeia's Chair

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑsi.oˈpeːja/

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Cassiopeia f

1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia

• Cassiopē
• Cassiopēa, Cassiepēa, Cassiepīa, Cassiepeia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käs̠ːiɔˈpɛi̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käsːioˈpɛi̯ä]

Cassiopeia f sg (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus).
2. (astronomy) the constellation Cassiopeia

First-declension noun, singular only.

• “Cassĭŏpē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1 Cassĭŏpē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• Cassiopéia (pre-1990 spelling)

Learned borrowing from Latin Cassiopēa.[1]

• Hyphenation: Cas‧si‧o‧pei‧a

Cassiopeia f

1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)
2. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky)

• IPA^(key): /kasjoˈpeja/ [ka.sjoˈpe.ja]
• Rhymes: -eja
• Syllabification: Cas‧sio‧pe‧ia

Cassiopeia f

1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)