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Cepheus
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English
thumb|250px|The constellation Cepheus amid other northern constellations
Etymology
From en grc Κηφεύς.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsiːfi.əs/ /ˈsiːfjuːs/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Cepheus.wav US
Proper noun
en Greek mythology Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name.
en constellation A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth. It contains the star Alderamin.
Derived terms
en Cephei
en cepheid
en Cepheid variable
Translations
mythical husband of Cassiopeia
Catalan: ca Cefeu m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 西福斯 sai1 fuk1 si1, yue 克甫斯 hak1 fu2 si1, yue 刻甫斯 hak1 fu2 si1 yue 西裴斯 sai1 pui4 si1 yue 賽福斯 coi3 fuk1 si1
Mandarin: cmn 刻甫斯 Kèfǔsī, cmn 西裴斯 Xīpéisī, cmn 賽福斯 Sàifúsī, cmn 西福斯 Xīfúsī, cmn 克甫斯 Kèfǔsī
Danish: da Kefeus
French: fr Céphée m
Galician: gl Cefeo
German: de Kepheus m
Greek: el Κηφεύς
Ancient Greek: grc Κηφεύς m
Greenlandic: kl Kefeusi
Inuktitut: iu ᓰᐱᐅᔅ
Irish: ga Ceiféas m
Japanese: ja ケーペウス Kēpeusu, ja ケペウス
Korean: ko 케페우스
Polish: pl Cefeusz m
Portuguese: pt Cefeu m
Russian: ru Цефе́й m
Spanish: es Cefeo m
constellation
Burmese: my မြင်းတာရာ
Catalan: ca Cefeu m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 仙王座
Mandarin: cmn 仙王座
Dutch: nl Cepheus m
Esperanto: eo Cefeo
Estonian: et Kefeus
Finnish: fi Kefeus
French: fr Céphée m
Galician: gl Cefeo
German: de Kepheus m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Κηφεύς m
Hindi: hi वृषपर्वा तारामंडल
Irish: ga Ceiféas m
Japanese: ja ケフェウス座 Kefeusu-za
Kazakh: kk Цефей
Korean: ko ^세페우스자리
Latin: la Cepheus m
Malay: ms Cepheus
Persian: fa کیکاوس keykâvus, fa پادشاه pâdšâh, fa قیقاوس qiqâvus
Polish: pl Cefeusz m
Russian: ru Цефе́й m
Spanish: es Cefeus m, es Cefeo m
Tibetan: bo དྲང་སྲོང་རྒྱལ་པོའི་སྐར་ཚོམ་
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from nl la Cēpheus, from nl grc Κηφεύς.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈseː.fœy̯s/
nl Nl-Cepheus.ogg
nl Ce pheus
Proper noun
m
nl Greek mythology en Cepheus
nl constellation en Cepheus
Latin
Etymology 1
la Cēpheus :bor grc:Κηφεύς + 1
Pronunciation
Cēphe_us
Proper noun
Cēpheus<2> Cēphe͡us
la Greek mythology en Cepheus a king of en Ethiopia, husband of en Cassiopeia, father of en Andromeda
la astronomy the constellation Cepheus
Declension
Cēpheus<2> Cēphe͡us Cēpheu/Cēphee
Derived terms
la Cēphēis daughter of Cepheus noun
la Cēphēius of Cepheus adjective
Etymology 2
la Cēphēus :bor grc:Κηφεῖος + 1
Pronunciation
Cēphēus
Adjective
Cēphēus
of Cepheus, en Ethiopian
Declension
Cēphēus
References