Amalthea
Meanings
name
- The most frequently mentioned foster mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a mountain cave, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph.
- The third most distant moon of Jupiter.
noun
- An aggregation of dry fruits within a calyx which does not become fleshy, as in Alchemilla or Sanguisorba.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀμάλθεια (Amáltheia).
Derived words
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