English

Eris

Proper noun

Eris

1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of discord, confusion, and strife, keeper of the golden Apple of Discord which she threw into the wedding of Peleus and Thetis starting the Trojan War; daughter of Nyx, sister and constant companion of Ares, mother of Lethe.
2. (astronomy) The largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System (initially dubbed the "tenth planet"), officially known as 136199 Eris, with one natural satellite, Dysnomia.

Derived terms

• Eridian

Translations

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 136199 Eris , (136199) Eris , 2003 UB313 , (136199) 2003 UB313 , 136199 Eris (2003 UB313) , Xena

Derived terms

• (astronomy): Eris I , Eris I Dysnomia (the moon of Eris, Dysnomia)

See also

• (dwarf planets of the Solar System) dwarf planets of the Solar System; Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Salacia, Varuna, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, 2007 OR10, Eris, Sedna
• (mythology): Discordia
• (astronomy): Dysnomia

Anagrams

• ires
• reis
• rise
• Seri
• SIer
• sire

Albanian

Etymology

From erë 'wind', probably contaminated with Greek ἔρις ‎(éris, “strife”).

Proper noun

Eris m

1. A male given name

Related terms

• erë
• Ermal

German

Proper noun

Eris

1. (astronomy) Eris (dwarf planet)

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔρις ‎(Éris).

Proper noun

Eris f

1. (Greek mythology) Eris

Anagrams

• resi
• sire

Spanish

Proper noun

Eris m

1. (Greek mythology) Eris (Greek goddess of chaos)
2. (astronomy) Eris (dwarf planet)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.ris/, [ˈeː.rɪs]

Noun

ēris

1. genitive singular of ēr

Etymology 2

Verb

eris

1. second-person singular future active indicative of sum

   "you will be"

Descendants

• Spanish: eres

References

• ERIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “eris”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) putting aside, except: cum discessi, -eris, -eritis ab
    
• eris in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• eris in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• eris in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray