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Ganymede definition

gănə-mēd
(place, proper) The largest satellite of Jupiter: discovered in 1610 by Galileo.
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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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One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is the largest satellite in the solar system.
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(gr. myth., person, proper) A beautiful youth carried off by Zeus to be the cupbearer to the gods.
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(Greek mythology) A Trojan boy who was abducted (either by Zeus or Eos), and ultimately became immortal in order to be Zeus' cup-bearer and lover.
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(astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.
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A servant boy or young waiter, particularly one who serves liquor.
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A boy kept for pederastic purposes; a catamite.
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(greek mythology) A Trojan boy of great beauty whom Zeus carried away to be his lover and to be cupbearer to the gods.
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Origin of ganymede

  • Latin Ganymēdēs from Greek Ganumēdēs

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumēdēs, “meant to please”), from γάνυμαι (ganumai, “I rejoice, I am glad”) + μῆδος (mēdos, “thought, intention”).

    From Wiktionary

Ganymede Sentence Examples

  • Ganymede being carried off by the eagle was the subject of a bronze group by the Athenian sculptor Leochares, imitated in a marble statuette in the Vatican.

  • Heracles, on his way back from the land of the Amazons, offered to slay the monster and release Hesione, on condition that he should receive the wonderful horses presented by Zeus to Tros, the father of Ganymede, to console him for the loss of his son.

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