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Callisto
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English
Etymology
From en grc Καλλιστώ.
Pronunciation
en /kəˈlɪs.toʊ̯/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Callisto.wav US
Proper noun
en Greek mythology A nymph of Artemis.
en astronomy A moon of Jupiter.
Derived terms
en Callistan Callistoan Callistonian
Translations
in Greek mythology
Afrikaans: af Kallisto
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 卡利斯托 Kǎlìsītuō
Dutch: nl Callisto
Finnish: fi Kallisto
French: fr Callisto f
German: de Kallisto f, de Callisto f
Greek: el Καλλιστώ f
Ancient Greek: grc Καλλιστώ f
Japanese: ja カリスト Karisuto
Korean: ko ^칼리스토
Persian: fa کالیستو kâlisto
Polish: pl Kallisto f
Russian: ru Калли́сто f
satellite of Jupiter
Afrikaans: af Kallisto
Arabic: ar كَالِيسْتُو m kalīstū
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 木衛四 Mùwèisì, cmn 卡里斯托 Kǎlǐsītuō
Dutch: nl Callisto
Finnish: fi Kallisto
French: fr Callisto
German: de Callisto f
Greek: el Καλλιστώ f
Italian: it Callisto m
Japanese: ja カリスト Karisuto
Korean: ko ^칼리스토
Polish: pl Kallisto f
Russian: ru Калли́сто m
Spanish: es Calisto
See also
Anagrams
en acillost Castillo Costilla localist
en Moons of Jupiter
Latin
Etymology
la Callistō :der grc:Καλλιστώ + 1
Pronunciation
Callistō
Proper noun
Callistō<4.Callisto>
la Greek mythology en Callisto
la, Hyginus, fabulae, Iovis filii; in: Hygini fabulae, edidit Mauricius Schmidt, Jena, 1872, page 121:
la Arcas ex Callisto, Lycaonis filia
la, Hyginus, astronomica; in: Hygini astronomica ex codicibus a se primum collatis recensuit Bernhardus Bunte. Accedunt prolegomena, commentarius, excerpta ex codicibus, index, epimetron, Lipsia, 1875, page 34:
la IV ARCTOPHYLAX. De hoc fertur ut sit Arcas nomine, Callistus et Iouis filius, quem dicitur Lycaon, cum Iuppiter ad eum in hospitium uenisset, cum alia carne concisum pro epulis apposuisse . [...]
la, Catullus, poem 66; in: Catullus[,] Tibullus and Pervigilium Veneris, 1921, page 132f. with English translation by F. W. Cornish:
Virginis et saevi contingens namque Leonis | lumina, Callisto iuncta Lycaoniae, | vertor in occasum, tardum dux ante Booten, | qui vix sero alto mergitur Oceano.
for I, touching the fires of the Virgin and the raging Lion, and close by Callisto daughter of Lycaon, move to my setting, while I point the way before slow Bootes, who scarce late at night dips in deep ocean.
la New Latin en Callisto moon
Declension
Callistō<4.Callisto>
Derived terms
la Callistō sīdus
References
1568
la Astronomy Moons
Norwegian Bokmål
Callisto (måne) no
thumb|Callisto, imaged by the Galileo spacecraft in May 2001.
Etymology
nb, ultimately from nb la Callistō Kallisto, a nymph in Greek mythology, from nb grc Καλλιστώ Kallisto; the most beautiful one, from grc κάλλιστος most beautiful + grc -ώ.
The astronomical name commemorates the mythological nb Kallisto, a nymph associated with Zeus. The moon was discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 and probably almost simultaneously by Simon Marius, who proposed the name.
Parallel international forms include da Callisto, sv Callisto, de Kallisto, nl Callisto, fi Kallisto, pl Kallisto and en Callisto.
Pronunciation
nb /¹kaˈlɪs.tu/ [kaˈlɪ̀s.tʊ̌]
nb ɪstu 3
nb Kallisto
nb Cal lis to
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb astronomy Callisto; the second-largest moon of Jupiter and the third-largest moon in the Solar System, with a very old surface characterized by a high density of craters
nb Callisto er den ytterste av de fire galileiske månene. Callisto is the outermost of the four Galilean moons.
nb 24 February 2025 Maria Hammerstrøm Store norske leksikon Callisto – måne Callisto er den nest største av Jupiters måner og den tredje største månen i solsystemet. Callisto is the second-largest of Jupiter's moons and the third-largest moon in the Solar System.
Usage notes
In Norwegian, nb Callisto is the astronomical name of Jupiter's moon. The mythological nymph after whom it is named is normally called nb Kallisto.
See also
nb Kallisto nymph in Greek mythology; namesake of Callisto
References
“Callisto – måne” in Store norske leksikon.
“Kallisto” in Store norske leksikon.
nb Moons Moons of Jupiter
nb eponyms
Turkish
tr:+ (uydu)
Proper noun
tr Greek mythology tr Kallisto
tr astronomy en Callisto
tr Moons of Jupiter
Welsh
Etymology
cy en Callisto from cy la Callistō, from cy grc Καλλιστώ.
Pronunciation
cy /kaˈlɪstɔ/
Proper noun
m
cy Greek mythology en Callisto nymph of Artemis
cy astronomy en Callisto a moon of Jupiter
See also
cy Moons of Jupiter