pasiphae
əˌi noun
1.
Classical Mythology. the wife of Minos, mother of Ariadne, and mother of the Minotaur by the Cretan bull.
2.
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
Origin:
1775–85
1775–85
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| —n | |
| Greek myth the wife of Minos and mother (by a bull) of the Minotaur | |
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Pasiphae
wife of Minos, mother of Phaedra and Ariadne, from L., from Gk. Pasiphae, from pasiphaes "shining for all," from pasi "for all" + phaos "light."
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