Cepheus

English

The constellation Cepheus amid other northern constellations

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːfi.əs/, /ˈsiːfjuːs/

Proper noun

Cepheus

1. (Greek mythology) Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name.
2. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth. It contains the star Alderamin.

Derived terms

• Cephei
• cepheid
• Cepheid variable

Translations

mythical husband of Cassiopeia

• Catalan: Cefeu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西福斯 (sai¹ fuk¹ si¹), 克甫斯 (hak¹ fu² si¹), 刻甫斯 (hak¹ fu² si¹) 西裴斯 (sai¹ pui⁴ si¹) 賽福斯／赛福斯 (coi³ fuk¹ si¹)

  Mandarin: 西福斯 (Xīfúsī), 克甫斯 (Kèfǔsī), 刻甫斯 (Kèfǔsī), 西裴斯 (Xīpéisī), 賽福斯／赛福斯 (Sàifúsī)

• Danish: Kefeus
• French: Céphée (fr) m
• Galician: Cefeo (gl)
• German: Kepheus m
• Greek: Κηφεύς (el) (Kiféfs)

  Ancient: Κηφεύς m (Kēpheús)

• Greenlandic: Kefeusi
• Inuktitut: ᓰᐱᐅᔅ (siipios)
• Irish: Ceiféas m
• Japanese: ケーペウス (Kēpeusu), ケペウス
• Korean: 케페우스 (kepe'useu)
• Polish: Cefeusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cefeu (pt) m
• Russian: Цефе́й (ru) m (Ceféj)
• Spanish: Cefeo m

constellation

• Burmese: မြင်းတာရာ (my) (mrang:tara)
• Catalan: Cefeu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 仙王座 (sin¹ wong⁴ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 仙王座 (zh) (Xiānwángzuò)

• Dutch: Cepheus (nl) m
• Estonian: Kefeus
• Finnish: Kefeus
• French: Céphée (fr) m
• Galician: Cefeo (gl)
• German: Kepheus m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Κηφεύς m (Kēpheús)

• Irish: Ceiféas m
• Japanese: ケフェウス座 (ja) (Kefeusu-za)
• Kazakh: Цефей (Sefei)
• Korean: 세페우스자리 (sepe'useujari)
• Latin: Cepheus m
• Malay: Cepheus
• Persian: کیکاوس (keykâvus), پادشاه (fa) (pâdšâh), قیقاوس (qiqâvus)
• Polish: Cefeusz (pl) m
• Russian: Цефе́й (ru) m (Ceféj)
• Spanish: Cefeus m, Cefeo m
• Tibetan: དྲང་སྲོང་རྒྱལ་པོའི་སྐར་ཚོམ་ (drang srong rgyal po'i skar tshom)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cēpheus, from Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseː.fœy̯s/

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• Hyphenation: Ce‧pheus

Proper noun

Cepheus m

1. (Greek mythology) Cepheus
2. (astronomy) Cepheus

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.pʰeu̯s/, [ˈkeːpʰɛu̯s̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.feu̯s/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːfeu̯s]

Proper noun

Cēphe͡us m sg (genitive Cēpheī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Cepheus (a king of Ethiopia, husband of Cassiopeia, father of Andromeda)
2. (astronomy) the constellation Cepheus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cēpheus
Genitive	Cēpheī
Dative	Cēpheō
Accusative	Cēpheum
Ablative	Cēpheō
Vocative	Cēphee

Derived terms

• Cēphēis (“daughter of Cepheus”, noun)
• Cēphēius (“of Cepheus”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφεῖος (Kēpheîos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /keːˈpʰeː.us/, [keːˈpʰeːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈfe.us/, [t͡ʃeˈfɛːus]

Adjective

Cēphēus (feminine Cēphēa, neuter Cēphēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of Cepheus, Ethiopian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Cēphēus	Cēphēa	Cēphēum		Cēphēī	Cēphēae	Cēphēa
Genitive	Cēphēī	Cēphēae	Cēphēī		Cēphēōrum	Cēphēārum	Cēphēōrum
Dative	Cēphēō		Cēphēō		Cēphēīs
Accusative	Cēphēum	Cēphēam	Cēphēum		Cēphēōs	Cēphēās	Cēphēa
Ablative	Cēphēō	Cēphēā	Cēphēō		Cēphēīs
Vocative	Cēphēe	Cēphēa	Cēphēum		Cēphēī	Cēphēae	Cēphēa

References

• “Cepheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press