Ganymede
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Ganymede1 (ˈɡænɪˌmiːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| classical myth a beautiful Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus to Olympus and made the cupbearer of the gods | |
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| a Titan, the father of the river gods and Oceanids; a great stream of water encircling the earth and believed to be the source of all rivers and lakes |
| islands in the ocean at the remotest western end of the world, to which the souls of heroes and worthy persons were transported after death |
| Ganymede2 (ˈɡænɪˌmiːd) | |
| —n | |
| 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
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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