Danae

See also: Danaë and dánae

English

Alternative forms

Danaë

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdæneɪ.iː/, /ˈdæni.iː/^[1] (compare with Pasiphae)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdænə.iː/^[2]^[3]

Proper noun

Danae

(Greek mythology) The mother of Perseus by Zeus.
(astronomy) 61 Danaë, a main belt asteroid.
A female given name.

Translations

asteroid

French: Danaé (fr) f
Russian: Дана́я (ru) f (Danája)

References

^ Wells, John C. (2000) Longman Pronouncing Dictionary, 2nd edition, Longman, →ISBN
^ “Danae”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
^ “Danae”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

A and E, EDANA, Edana

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δανάη (Danáē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈda.na.e/
Rhymes: -anae
Hyphenation: Dà‧na‧e

Proper noun

Danae f

(Greek mythology) Danae

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Δανάη (Danáē).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈda.na.eː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪aː.na.e]

Proper noun

Danaē f sg (genitive Danaēs); first declension

(Greek mythology) Danae

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Danaē
genitive	Danaēs
dative	Danaae
accusative	Danaēn
ablative	Danaē
vocative	Danaē

Descendants

→ English: Danae
French: Danaé
Italian: Danae

Etymology 2

See Danaus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈda.na.ɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪aː.na.e]

Adjective

Danae

vocative masculine singular of Danaus

References

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