Galatea

See also: galatea

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɡæləˈtɪə/

Proper noun

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.

Translations

Galatea

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: Galateia
• French: Galatée (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: Галате́я (ru) f (Galatéja)

References

• NZ Topo Map

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γαλάτεια (Galáteia).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Galatēa f sg (genitive Galatēae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Galatea

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Galatēa
Genitive	Galatēae
Dative	Galatēae
Accusative	Galatēam
Ablative	Galatēā
Vocative	Galatēa

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Galatēa.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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)

Declension

Declension of Galatea

	singular
nominative	Galatea
genitive	Galatei
dative	Galatei
accusative	Galateę
instrumental	Galateą
locative	Galatei
vocative	Galateo

Further reading

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

Turkish

Proper noun

Galatea

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