Ganymede

Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Gan·y·mede

(găn′ə-mēd′)

1. Greek Mythology A Trojan boy of great beauty whom Zeus carried away to be his lover and to be cupbearer to the gods.

2. One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is the largest satellite in the solar system.

[Latin Ganymēdēs, from Greek Ganumēdēs.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Ganymede

(ˈɡænɪˌmiːd)

(Classical Myth & Legend) classical myth a beautiful Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus to Olympus and made the cupbearer of the gods

Ganymede

(ˈɡænɪˌmiːd)

(Celestial Objects) 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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Gan•y•mede

(ˈgæn əˌmid)

n.

1. a Trojan youth who was taken by Zeus to Olympus and made the cupbearer of the gods.

2. the largest moon of the planet Jupiter.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun	1.	Ganymede - (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
	2.	Ganymede - the largest of Jupiter's satellites

Translations

Ганимед

Ganymede

[ˈgænɪˌmiːd] n → Ganimede m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Mentioned in ?

References in classic literature ?

Thus any mixed drink is called {omicron iota nu omicron sigma}, 'wine.' Hence Ganymede is said 'to pour the wine to Zeus,' though the gods do not drink wine.

View in context

But Dardanus came to the coast of the mainland -- from him Erichthonius and thereafter Tros were sprung, and Ilus, and Assaracus, and godlike Ganymede, -- when he had left holy Samothrace in his many-benched ship.

....But an eagle caught up Ganymede for Zeus because he vied with the immortals in beauty....

View in context

I don't believe Ganymede cried when the eagle carried him away, and perhaps deposited him on Jove's shoulder at the end.

View in context

They are of the stock that great Jove gave to Tros in payment for his son Ganymede, and are the finest that live and move under the sun.

View in context

Segmentally, Ganymede's revenue rose by 34% to GBP21.1 million on higher levels of demand from Network Rail, while GSS revenue increased by 17% to GBP8.1 million, on an increase in workers supplied to US engineering firm KBR Inc.

RTC Group Shares Drop As Profit Down On Higher Costs But Revenue Up

Orlando is teasingly tested by Rosalind's alter-ego, the youth Ganymede - played perfectly by Lucy Phelps - before finding out if he will be successful.

Theatre; Inside Out Quick guide to turning your free time into fun time

Europa and Enceladus' fellow Jupiter moons, Ganymede and Callisto, are also believed to have liquid oceans under their surface.

5 Icy Water Worlds That Could Potentially Host Alien Life

Thorlabs has expanded its Ganymede OCT line to include two complete imaging systems offering an exceptional A-scan rate of 248kHz.

GAN610C1 and GAN620C1

Of Io, Europa, Ganymede and Calisto, only Europa is smaller than our own Moon, with the largest Ganymede having a diameter 50 per cent greater than the Moon.