ganymede

/ˈɡænɪmiːd/

name 2noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

larger, largest, possible

VERB + GANYMEDE

called, honors, kidnapped, rape, ravished

GANYMEDE + NOUN

callisto, damiano, io, jupiter, mazza, moon, s, shepherd

PREP.

about, than

Definitions

name

A Trojan boy who was abducted (either by Zeus or Eos), and ultimately became immortal in order to be Zeus' cupbearer.

A moon of Jupiter.

noun

A servant boy or young waiter, particularly one who serves liquor.

A boy kept for pederastic purposes; a catamite.

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The four Galilean moons are called: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.

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One of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury.

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Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, also has its own magnetic field and magnetosphere—making it the only moon with one.

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Still deep in her heart rankled the judgment of Paris and the injustice of her scorned beauty, and the hated race, and the honors of kidnapped Ganymede.

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The choice of Paris, and her charms disdained, / the hateful race, the lawless honours ta'en / by ravished Ganymede – these wrongs remained.

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Jupiter's Ganymede moon is about 5,270 kilometers in diameter, almost half that of Earth.

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