Cassiopeia

• Cassiope

From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæs.i.əˈpiː.ə/
• enPR: kăs′ē-ō-pē′yə

Cassiopeia

1. (Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
2. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus.

• (constellation): Achird, Caph, Fulu, Ruchbah, Schedar, Segin

• (constellation): Cas (abbreviated form), Cassiopeiae (Latin genitive form)
• Cassiopeia's Chair

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑsi.oˈpeːja/

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Cassiopeia f

1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia

• Cassiopē
• Cassiopēa, Cassiepēa, Cassiepīa, Cassiepeia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käs̠ːiɔˈpɛi̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käsːioˈpɛi̯ä]

Cassiopeia f sg (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (the proud wife of Ethiopian king Cepheus and mother of Andromeda)
2. (astronomy) the constellation Cassiopeia

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cassiopeia
Genitive	Cassiopeiae
Dative	Cassiopeiae
Accusative	Cassiopeiam
Ablative	Cassiopeiā
Vocative	Cassiopeia

• “Cassĭŏpē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1 Cassĭŏpē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• Cassiopéia (pre-1990 spelling)

Learned borrowing from Latin Cassiopēa.^[1]

• Hyphenation: Cas‧si‧o‧pei‧a

Cassiopeia f

1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)
2. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky)

• IPA^(key): /kasjoˈpeja/ [ka.sjoˈpe.ja]
• Rhymes: -eja
• Syllabification: Cas‧sio‧pe‧ia

Cassiopeia f

1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)