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Endymion

/ɛnˈdɪmi.ən/

Endymion proper noun: a man described variously as a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king, who was loved by Selene or Artemis (the two being often conflated) and was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis, as well as venerated and said to reside in Caria, southwest Asia Minor, on Mount Latmus.

endymion: a man described variously as a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king, who was loved by Selene...
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Proper noun

Endymion

  1. (Greek) A man described variously as a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king, who was loved by Selene or Artemis (the two being often conflated) and was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis, as well as venerated and said to reside in Caria, southwest Asia Minor, on Mount Latmus.
    • The heavenly bodies may keep their secrets two or three thousand years yet; but one or other of them will betray them to some wakeful favorite, some Endymion beyond Latmos, perhaps in regions undiscovered, certainly in uncalculated times.a. 1864, Walter Savage Landor, Pericles and Aspasia, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, published 1905, page 82
  2. 342 Endymion, an asteroid.
  3. A crater on the Moon.

Origin of Endymion

From Ancient Greek Ἐνδυμίων (Endumíōn).

Questions about Endymion

What does Endymion mean?
Endymion means a man described variously as a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king, who was loved by Selene or Artemis (the two being often conflated) and was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis, as well as venerated and said to reside in Caria, southwest Asia Minor, on Mount Latmus.
What part of speech is Endymion?
Endymion is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Endymion?
Endymion is pronounced /ɛnˈdɪmi.ən/.

Words near Endymion in the dictionary

  1. endwork
  2. endworks
  3. Endy
  4. endyma
  5. endymal
  6. Endymion
  7. Endys
  8. endysis
  9. endyve
  10. endz
  11. endzone

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