Styx
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɪks/
- Homophone: sticks
Proper noun
Styx
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
river of the underworld
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one of Pluto's moons
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Czech
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstɪks]
- Rhymes: -ɪks
Proper noun
Styx
- (Greek mythology, masculine inanimate, feminine) Styx, the river in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon
- (Greek mythology, feminine) Styx, the goddess of the river Styx in Hades
- (astronomy, masculine inanimate) Styx, a moon of Pluto [since 2013]
- 2015 June 4, “Pluto a jeho měsíce jsou tak trochu splašená mini soustava”, in Česká televize:
- Nix, Hydra a podle přesvědčení vědců i Kerberos a Styx mají navíc spíš oválný než kulatý tvar, což ještě víc přispívá k jejich nepředvídatelným oběžným drahám.
- The shape of Nix, Hydra and, as scientists are convinced, also Kerberos and Styx is more oval than round, which contributes to unpredictibility of their orbits even more.
Usage notes
The grammatical gender of Styx in the sense of the mythological river can be both masculine and feminine, but the feminine seems obsolete. Current grammar manuals suggest only masculine. (The feminine gender was proposed e. g. in a textbook for secondary schools by M. Blažek in 1877.[1]) However, when speaking about the goddess of the river, the feminine gender has to be used.
Declension
- masculine inanimate
Declension of Styx
- feminine
Declension of Styx
singulare tantum | |
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nominative | Styx |
genitive | Stygy |
dative | Styze |
accusative | Stygu |
vocative | Stygo |
locative | Styze |
instrumental | Stygou |
Derived terms
- stygický
- styžský
- styxský
See also
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 |
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