English

Proper noun

Alcyone

1. (Greek mythology) One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
2. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx.
3. (astronomy) One of the stars of the Pleiades star cluster, named after the mythical character.

Translations

Related terms

• halcyon (kingfishers)
• halcyon days

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἀλκυων ‎(Alkuōn)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːlˈkʏ.ɔ.neː/

Proper noun

Alcyonē m ‎(genitive Alcyonēs); first declension

1. Alcyone

Inflection

First declension, Greek type.

References

• Alcyone in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Alcyone”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Alcíone

Proper noun

Alcyone f

1. (astronomy) Alcyone (one of the Pleiades)
2. Archaic spelling of Alcione.

Latin

Noun

alcyone

1. ablative singular of alcyōn