Medicean

English Etymology From post-classical en la Mediceus (16th century; from the family name en Medici) en an. Pronunciation en /mɛdɪˈtʃiːən/ UK Adjective en astronomy now historical Designating the four largest moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto), as named by Galileo in honour of his future patron Cosimo II de' Medici. from 17th c. en 1621 w:Robert Burton The Anatomy of Melancholy III.2.2.iv Four Medicean stars dance about Jupiter, two Austrian about Saturn, etc., and all (belike) to the music of the spheres. en 2015 David Wootton The Invention of Science 296 Penguin 2016 Evelyn recorded a suggestion that the Society might take as its coat of arms a representation of a pair of crossed telescopes surmounted by the Medicean planets. Pertaining to the Medici family. from 17th c. Anagrams en acdeeimn decamine made nice medicane