Ganymede

//ˈɡænɪmiːd// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A servant boy or young waiter, particularly one who serves liquor.
  2. 2
    A boy kept for pederastic purposes; a catamite.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Trojan boy who was abducted (either by Zeus or Eos), and ultimately became immortal in order to be Zeus' cupbearer. Greek
  2. 2
    A moon of Jupiter.

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

Etymology

From French Ganymède, from Latin Ganymēdēs, from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “meant to please”), from γάνυμαι (gánumai, “I rejoice, I am glad”) + μήδεα (mḗdea, “thought, intention”). Doublet of catamite.

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