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Ganymede
Trojan youth whom Zeus made his cup-bearer, from Gk. Ganymedes, lit. "rejoicing in his virility," from ganymai "I rejoice, am glad" + medea (pl.) "counsels, plans, cunning" (see Medea). Used figuratively of serving-boys (1608) and catamites (1591).
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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. |
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