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Terpsichore

Terp-sich′o-re

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Noun.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] enjoyment (fr. [GREEK] to gladden) + [GREEK] dance, dancing.]

(Gr. Myth.)

The Muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter.

Definition 2024

Terpsichore

Terpsichore

English

Proper noun

Terpsichore

(Greek mythology) The goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne.
(astronomy) Short for 81 Terpsichore, a main belt asteroid.

Translations

Greek mythology: one of the nine muses

Danish: Terpsichore
Greenlandic: Terpisichore
Hungarian: Terpszikhoré (hu)
Inuktitut: ᑎᕐᑉᓯᑯᕆ ‎(tirpsikuri)

Italian: Tersicore f
Polish: Terpsychora (pl) f
Portuguese: Terpsícore f
Russian: Терпсихо́ра (ru) f ‎(Terpsixóra)

See also

(Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania
terpsichorean

References

terpsichore at Online Etymology Dictionary
“terpsichore” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Terpsichore f

Obsolete spelling of Terpsícore (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).