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Phaëthon
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phaeton Phaethon
English
Alternative forms
en Phaethon Phaéthôn Phaëton Phaeton
en Phæton Phæthon misspellings obsolete
Etymology
en la Phaëthōn, from en grc Φᾰέθων.
Pronunciation
en /ˈfeɪəθən/ /ˈfeɪətən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Phaëthon.wav US
Proper noun
en Q203480 en Greek mythology The son of the sun god Helios who was killed by Zeus while driving his father's chariot uncontrolledly across the sky.
Related terms
en Phaëthontean
en Phaëthontiad
Translations
son of Helios
Catalan: ca Faetont m, ca Faetó m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 法厄同 fǎètóng
French: fr Phaéthon m, fr Phaéton m
Middle French: frm Phaëthon m, frm Phaetonte m
Greek: el Φαέθοντας m
Ancient Greek: grc Φᾰέθων m
Inuktitut: iu ᐸᐄᑐᓐ
Italian: it Faetonte m, it Fetonte m
Japanese: ja パエトーン Paetōn
Korean: ko ^파에톤
Latin: la Phaëthōn m
Polish: pl Faeton m
Portuguese: pt Faetonte m, pt Faeton m, pt Faetão m
Russian: ru Фаэто́н m, ru Фаэто́нт m
Spanish: es Faetonte m, es Faetón m
Middle French
Etymology
frm la Phaëthōn, from frm grc Φᾰέθων.
frm Phaetonte.
Proper noun
m
frm Phaëthon Q203480
frm 1604 Natale Conti Mythologie 520 https://books.google.com/books?id=_Y5gziZ9SMUC&pg=PA520 Alors auecques lui Phaëthon contendoit,Et d’aage & de valeur en rien ne lui cedoit.Phaëthon auoit pris de Phœbus geniture.
Descendants
fr Phaéthon