Adrastea

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδράστεια (Adrásteia, literally “inescapable”).

Proper noun

Adrastea

  1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of divine retribution
  2. (astronomy) Smallest of the four inner moons of Jupiter.
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