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Ganymedes.

Ganymede, a divine hero from Troy, described as the most beautiful of mortals; abducted by Zeus, made immortal and appointed cupbearer to the gods

9 characters4 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

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name/¹ɡa.nyˈmeː.dəs/[ɡa.nʏˈmèː.də̌s]

  1. Ganymede, a divine hero from Troy, described as the most beautiful of mortals; abducted by Zeus, made immortal and appointed cupbearer to the gods

    Greek
    Ganymedes ble ført til Olympos for å bli gudenes munnskjenk.

  2. Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter and the largest moon in the Solar System

    Ganymedes er større enn planeten Merkur.
Where this word comes from

Internationalism, ultimately from Latin Ganymēdēs (“Ganymede”), from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “Ganymede”). The Ancient Greek name was already interpreted in antiquity as being connected with γάνυμαι (gánumai, “to rejoice, be glad”) and μήδεα (mḗdea, “plans, thoughts, counsel”), an interpretation implied by Socrates in Xenophon's Symposium (8.29–30); the actual formation of the name is not certain. The astronomical name is an eponym of the mythological figure. The moon was discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Simon Marius proposed the name Ganymedes in 1614, one of four names suggested to him by Johannes Kepler for Jupiter's Galilean moons. Compare the parallel forms Danish Ganymedes, Swedish Ganymedes, German Ganymed and English Ganymede.

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