Andromeda

Gender Feminine
Scripts Ἀνδρομέδη (Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /an.dro.mé.daː/ (Classical Greek) /æn.ˈdɹɑ.mɪ.də/ (American English) /æn.ˈdɹɒ.mɪ.də/ (British English) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Derived from Greek aner) meaning "man" (genitive μέδομαι (medomai) meaning "to be mindful of, to provide for, to think on" or medo) meaning "to protect, to rule over" [1] [2] [3] . In Greek mythology Andromeda was an Ethiopian princess rescued from sacrifice by the hero Perseus. A constellation in the northern sky is named for her. This is also the name of a nearby galaxy, given because it resides (from our point of view) within the constellation.

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  1. Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry a)nh/r, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Da%29nh%2Fr.
  2. Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry me/domai, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dme%2Fdomai.
  3. Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry me/dw, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dme%2Fdw.

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