Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greek Mythology A Trojan boy of great beauty whom Zeus carried away to be his lover and to be cupbearer to the gods.
- noun One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is the largest satellite in the solar system.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The third and largest satellite of the planet Jupiter.
- noun In Greek myth, the cupbearer of Zeus or of the Olympian gods, originally a beautiful Trojan youth, transferred to Olympus (according to Homer by the gods, according to others by the eagle of Zeus or by Zeus himself in the form of an eagle), and made immortal.
- noun Figuratively, a cup-bearer; a waiter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Greek mythology A Trojan boy who was
abducted (either byZeus orEos ), and ultimately becameimmortal in order to be Zeus'cup-bearer andlover . - proper noun astronomy A
moon ofJupiter . - proper noun A servant boy or young
waiter , particularly one who servesliquor . - proper noun A boy kept for
pederastic purposes; acatamite .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the largest of Jupiter's satellites
- noun (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Lots" by Marc Andreottola, appearing in Ganymede 5
Tick TOCs mroctober 2009
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The typical sci-fi reader probably knows that Ganymede is a moon in our solar system, so this is a functional title that competently identifies the genre and basic plot.
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On the one hand, the fact that Ganymede is a boy, so beautiful that Zeus decides to abduct and rape him, highlights this interchangeability.
The Uses and Abuses of Historicism: Halperin and Shelley on the Otherness of Ancient Greek Sexuality 2006
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"Shall I call Ganymede again and see if they have anything new?"
Treachery in Outer Space Carey Rockwell
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When the last of them had staggered down my steps, and I had bidden a drowsy lacquey extinguish the candles, I called Ganymede to light me to bed and aid me to undress.
Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... Rafael Sabatini 1912
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Refined but bloated The Eclipse Foundation's annual code blitz - this year under the name Ganymede - kicks off at the end of this month with 24 Eclipse projects co-ordinating their ne ...
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* Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, which is roughly the size of Mercury, has a strong magnetic field, a possible indication that it is still hot.
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What's particularly telling is that Rosalind takes as her male name Ganymede, the mythological name of the beautiful young boy abducted by Zeus to be his cup bearer.
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Rosalind, now known as Ganymede, and Celia, now known as Aliena, arrive in the Forest of Arden, where the exiled Duke now lives with some supporters, including Jacques.
As You Like It 2004
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And I remembered Fulton's remark about calling Ganymede for a tanker.
Reach For Tomorrow Clarke, Arthur C. 1956
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