Ganymede

[ gan-uh-meed ]

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noun

Also Gan·y·me·des [] Classical Mythology. a Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Olympus, where he was made the cupbearer of the gods and became immortal.
Astronomy. the largest moon of the planet Jupiter.

Ganymede

/ ˈɡænɪˌmiːd /

classical myth a beautiful Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus to Olympus and made the cupbearer of the gods

Ganymede

/ ˈɡænɪˌmiːd /

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

Ganymede

/ găn′ə-mēd′ /

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.

When he'd been here three years ago, the first landing on Ganymede had shown a group of men unfurling a German flag.

This god can assume any shape he chooses, and as an eagle he flew over the lands until he saw Ganymede, the son of a Trojan king.

Rembrandt looks great here in his portraits, but I like none of the other pictures by him; the Ganymede is an offence.

"Non entiendo," answered my brown-visaged Ganymede, shaking his head, and with a good-humoured smile.

It rises in January and sets in February, and is supposed by the poets to be Ganymede.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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