Galatea

IPA^(key): /ˌɡæləˈtɪə/

Galatea

1. (Greek mythology) Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.
2. (Greek mythology) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.
3. (Greek mythology) Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.
4. (astronomy) A moon of Neptune.
5. (astronomy) 74 Galatea, a main belt asteroid.
6. A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.

• NZ Topo Map

From Ancient Greek Γαλάτεια (Galáteia).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡa.laˈteː.a/, [ɡäɫ̪äˈt̪eːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡa.laˈte.a/, [ɡäläˈt̪ɛːä]

Galatēa f sg (genitive Galatēae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Galatea

First-declension noun, singular only.

Learned borrowing from Latin Galatēa.

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.laˈtɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Syllabification: Ga‧la‧te‧a

Galatea f

1. (Greek mythology) Galatea (woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus)
2. (Greek mythology) Galatea (sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea)
3. (Greek mythology) Galatea (name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion)
4. Galatea (moon of Neptune)

• Galatea in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Galatea in PWN's encyclopedia

Galatea

1. (Greek mythology) Galatea
2. (astronomy) Galatea (moon of Neptune)