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Pasiphaë

[ puh-sif-uh-ee ]

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. the wife of Minos, mother of Ariadne, and mother of the Minotaur by the Cretan bull.
  2. Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.


Pasiphaë

1

/ pəˈsɪfɪiː /

noun

  1. astronomy a small outer satellite of the planet Jupiter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Pasiphaë

2

/ pəˈsɪfɪiː /

noun

  1. Greek myth the wife of Minos and mother (by a bull) of the Minotaur
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pasiphaë1

First recorded in 1775–85
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Example Sentences

Phaidra, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, who married Theseus.

Remember Pasiphae for whose lust my grandoldgrossfather made the first confessionbox.

Here was the cruel antique malice of the gods, such as they once sent forth against Pasiphae.

On the ceiling were painted the amours of Pasiphae and the bull.

The temple and oracle of Pasiphae at Thalamae was of peculiar sanctity.

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