Danae

English

Alternative forms

• Danaë

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæneɪ.iː/, /ˈdæni.iː/ (compare with Pasiphae)
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdænə.iː/

Proper noun

Danae

1. (Greek mythology) The mother of Perseus by Zeus.
2. (astronomy) 61 Danaë, a main belt asteroid.
3. A female given name.

Translations

Asteroid

• French: Danaé (fr) f
• Russian: Дана́я (ru) f (Danája)

Anagrams

• A and E, EDANA, Edana

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δανάη (Danáē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.na.e/
• Rhymes: -anae
• Hyphenation: Dà‧na‧e

Proper noun

Danae f

1. (Greek mythology) Danae

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Δανάη (Danáē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈda.na.eː/, [ˈd̪änäeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.na.e/, [ˈd̪äːnäe]

Proper noun

Danaē f sg (genitive Danaēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Danae

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Danaē
genitive	Danaēs
dative	Danaae
accusative	Danaēn
ablative	Danaē
vocative	Danaē

Descendants

• → English: Danae
• French: Danaé
• Italian: Danae

Etymology 2

See Danaus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈda.na.e/, [ˈd̪änäɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.na.e/, [ˈd̪äːnäe]

Adjective

Danae

1. vocative masculine singular of Danaus

References

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