Eris
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἔρις (Éris), from ἔρις (éris, “strife”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪəɹɨs/, /ˈɛɹɨs/
Proper noun
Eris
- (Greek mythology) The goddess of discord, confusion, and strife, traditionally blamed for the Trojan War but celebrated in Discordianism as the creative principle.
- (astronomy) The largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System
- An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Ohio, in the United States.
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Related terms
Derived terms
- Aneris, Eridian, Eris I, Eris I Dysnomia
Coordinate terms
Translations
Greek goddess of chaos
See also
Albanian
Etymology
From erë (“wind”), probably contaminated with Ancient Greek ἔρις (éris, “strife”).
Czech
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἔρις (Éris).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛrɪs]
- Hyphenation: Eris
Proper noun
Eris f
- (Greek mythology) Eris, the goddess of discord, confusion, and strife
- 2014, Rudolf Mertlík, Příběhy Odysseovy, Praha: Albatros, →ISBN, page 9:
- Ve svatební síni se shromáždili všichni nebešťané kromě Eridy, bohyně sváru. Svatebčané se chtěli nerušeně radovat […] Proto Eridu nepozvali, neboť kam ona vkročí, tam vznikají spory a hádky. Eris jim však urážku neodpustila.
- All the heaven-borns besides Eris gathered in the wedding hall. The wedding guests did not want to be disturb while rejoicing […] That was why they had not invited Eris, because there arise quarrels and conflicts where she enters. However, Eris did not forgive them the offence.
- (astronomy, indeclinable) Eris, a dwarf planet and a large Kuiper belt object
- 2017 October 12, “Jako šišatý Saturn. Vědci našli u trpasličí planety Haumea prstenec”, in Česká televize.cz:
- Haumea byla uznána Mezinárodní astronomickou unií v roce 2008 a je jednou z pěti trpasličích planet vedle Pluta, Ceres, Eris a Makemake.
- Haumea was acknowledged by the International Astronomical Union in 2008 and is one of the five dwarf planets together with Pluto, Ceres, Eris and Makemake.
Usage notes
The name of the goddess Eris is inflected following the Czech declension rules of feminine names of Greek origin, but when referring to the dwarf planet, the name is usually not inflected in practical usage and keeps the basic form Eris in all grammatical cases.
Declension
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Solar System in in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||
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Star | Slunce | |||||||||||||||
Planets and dwarf planets | Merkur | Venuše | Země | Mars | Ceres | Jupiter | Saturn | Uran | Neptun | Pluto | Haumea | Makemake | Eris | |||
Notable moons | — | Měsíc | Phobos/Fobos Deimos |
— | Ganymed Callisto Io Europa |
Titan Rhea Iapetus Dione Tethys Enceladus Mimas |
Titania Oberon Umbriel Ariel Miranda |
Triton | Charon Hydra Nix Kerberos Styx |
Hiʻiaka Namaka |
— | Dysnomia |
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἔρις (Éris).
Spanish
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