Callisto

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Καλλιστώ (Kallistṓ).

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Callisto

  1. (Greek mythology) A nymph of Artemis.
  2. (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.

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See also

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Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star Sun
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
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Notable
moons
Moon Phobos
Deimos
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus

Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon
Triton Charon Dysnomia

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Καλλιστώ (Kallistṓ).

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Proper noun

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Callistō f sg (genitive Callistūs); fourth declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Callisto
    • (Can we date this quote?), Hyginus, fabulae, Iovis filii; in: Hygini fabulae, edidit Mauricius Schmidt, Jena, 1872, page 121:
      Arcas ex Callisto, Lycaonis filia
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    • (Can we date this quote?), 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:
      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 . [...]
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    • (Can we date this quote?), 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.
  2. (New Latin) Callisto (moon)

Declension

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Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in ), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Callistō
Genitive Callistūs
Dative Callistō
Accusative Callistō
Ablative Callistō
Vocative Callistō

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References

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  • Callisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Callisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1568.

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Proper noun

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Callisto

  1. (Greek mythology) Alternative form of Kallisto
  2. (astronomy) Callisto