Phaethon

phaeton Phaëthon Translingual thumb|Phaethon rubricauda species (red-tailed tropicbird) Etymology From mul la Phaethon, from mul grc Φαέθων. Proper noun 1 m genus family Phaethontidae tropicbirds Hypernyms genus ; Neornithes clade - parvclass; Neognathae infraclass - cohort; Phaethontiformes order - order; Phaethontidae family - family Hyponyms genus Phaethon aethereus species (red-billed tropicbird) - type species; Phaethon lepturus species (white-tailed tropicbird), Phaethon rubricauda species (red-tailed tropicbird) - other accepted species References Tropicbird Phaethon 1 1 mul Birds English 3200 + Proper noun en Phaëthon. en astronomy the asteroid Phaethon Latin Alternative forms la Phaëtōn Etymology la Phaëthōn :bor grc:Φᾰέθων + 1 Pronunciation Pha.ethōn Proper noun Phaëthōn/Phaëthont<3> Phaëthontis/Phaëthontos Phaëthontem/Phaëthonta m la Greek mythology en Phaëthon son of Helios and Clymene, who, having obtained from his father permission to drive the sun’s chariot for a day, lost control of the steeds, and was struck down by a thunderbolt of Zeus, to prevent his setting the earth on fire la poetic a divine epithet of the en Sun la Iuppiter the planet Jupiter la Saturnus the planet Saturn Declension Phaëthōn/Phaëthont<3> Phaëthontis/Phaëthontos Phaëthontem/Phaëthonta Related terms la Phaëthontēus Phaëthontias Phaëthontis Phaëthontius Phaëthūsa Descendants Translingual: Phaethon genus generic name ca Faetont en Phaëthon ?Inuktitut: iu ᐸᐄᑐᓐ it Faetonte Fetonte ?Japanese: ja パエトーン Paetōn frm Phaëthon pt Faetonte es Faetonte See also la Phaenōn References Phăĕthon Phaethon Phăĕthōn 1,170/1 1 Phaëthōn 1,371 la Astronomy Planets of the Solar System