Callisto

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καλλιστώ (Kallistṓ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlɪs.toʊ̯/

Proper noun

Callisto

1. (Greek mythology) A nymph of Artemis.
2. (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.

Derived terms

• Callistoan
• Callistonian

Translations

in Greek mythology

• Afrikaans: Kallisto
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡利斯托 (Kǎlìsītuō)

• Finnish: Kallisto (fi)
• German: Kallisto (de) f, Callisto f
• Greek: Καλλιστώ (el) f (Kallistó)

  Ancient: Καλλιστώ f (Kallistṓ)

• Japanese: カリスト (ja) (Karisuto)
• Korean: 칼리스토 (Kalliseuto)
• Persian: کالیستو (fa) (kâlisto)
• Polish: Kallisto (pl) f
• Russian: Калли́сто f (Kallísto)

satellite of Jupiter

• Afrikaans: Kallisto
• Arabic: كَالِيسْتُو m (kalīstū)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木衛四／木卫四 (Mùwèisì), 卡里斯托 (Kǎlǐsītuō)

• Finnish: Kallisto (fi)
• French: Callisto (fr)
• German: Callisto f
• Greek: Καλλιστώ (el) f (Kallistó)
• Italian: Callisto (it) m
• Japanese: カリスト (ja) (Karisuto)
• Korean: 칼리스토 (Kalliseuto)
• Polish: Kallisto (pl) f
• Russian: Калли́сто m (Kallísto)
• Spanish: Calisto (es)

See also

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Anagrams

• Castillo, Costilla, localist

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καλλιστώ (Kallistṓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈlis.toː/, [kälˈlʲɪs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈlis.to/, [kälˈlist̪o]

Proper noun

Callistō f sg (genitive Callistūs); fourth declension

1. (Greek mythology) Callisto
   • (Can we date this quote?), Hyginus, fabulae, Iovis filii; in: Hygini fabulae, edidit Mauricius Schmidt, Jena, 1872, page 121:

     Arcas ex Callisto, Lycaonis filia

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • (Can we date this quote?), Hyginus, astronomica; in: Hygini astronomica ex codicibus a se primum collatis recensuit Bernhardus Bunte. Accedunt prolegomena, commentarius, excerpta ex codicibus, index, epimetron, Lipsia, 1875, page 34:

     IV ARCTOPHYLAX. De hoc fertur ut sit Arcas nomine, Callistus et Iouis filius, quem dicitur Lycaon, cum Iuppiter ad eum in hospitium uenisset, cum alia carne concisum pro epulis apposuisse . [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • (Can we date this quote?), Catullus, poem 66; in: Catullus[,] Tibullus and Pervigilium Veneris, 1921, page 132f. with English translation by F. W. Cornish:

     Virginis et saevi contingens namque Leonis | lumina, Callisto iuncta Lycaoniae, | vertor in occasum, tardum dux ante Booten, | qui vix sero alto mergitur Oceano.

     for I, touching the fires of the Virgin and the raging Lion, and close by Callisto daughter of Lycaon, move to my setting, while I point the way before slow Bootes, who scarce late at night dips in deep ocean.

2. (New Latin) Callisto (moon)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Callistō
genitive	Callistūs
dative	Callistō
accusative	Callistō
ablative	Callistō
vocative	Callistō

Derived terms

• Callistō sīdus

References

• “Callisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Callisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1568.

Turkish

Proper noun

Callisto

1. (Greek mythology) Alternative form of Kallisto
2. (astronomy) Callisto