Isis
Translingual
Etymology
Latin Īsis, the goddess Isis, from Ancient Greek Ἶσῐς (Îsis).
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Cnidaria - phylum; Anthozoa - class; Alcyonaria - subclass; Alcyonacea - order; Calcaxonia - suborder; Isididae - family
References
Isis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Isis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Isis (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Isis at World Register of Marine Species
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɪsəs/, /ˈaɪsɪs/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἶσις (Îsis).
Proper noun
Isis
- (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic.
- (astronomy) 42 Isis, a main belt asteroid.
- (uncommon) A female given name
- 1924, Zora Neale Hurston, Drenched in Light:
- Isis had crawled under the center table with its red plush cover with little round balls for fringe.
- 1995, Iain Banks, Whit:
- 'Beloved Isis,' Elias grinned, 'would you kindly cast some light into the poor occluded mind of our brother here on the matter of the co-essential nature of the body and the soul?'
- 1924, Zora Neale Hurston, Drenched in Light:
Translations
ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility
Etymology 2
Back-formation from Tamesis (“Latin name for Thames”), from the assumption that the word was derived from a compound of Thame (“A tributary of the Thames”) and Isis.
Proper noun
Isis
- (Britain, especially Oxfordshire, otherwise, dated) The River Thames between its source and its confluence with the River Thame at Dorchester on Thames.
Etymology 3
German
Etymology 2
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἶσῐς (Îsis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiː.sis/, [ˈiː.sɪs]
Inflection
Third declension.
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Third declension.
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Related terms
- Īsiacus
References
- Isis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Isis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈi.sis]
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