Ianthe
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Ἰάνθη (Iánthē, literally “purple/violet flower”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ianthe
- (Greek mythology) One of the 3,000 Oceanids, the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
- (Greek mythology) The Cretan girl who married Iphis after Isis turned Iphis from a woman into a man.
- (astronomy) 98 Ianthe, a main belt asteroid.