English Explanatory Dictionary

Atalanta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A huntress and heroine in Greek mythology, renowned for her great speed and strength; depending on the version of the myth, either the daughter of Iasus (a prince of Arcadia) by Clymene or of King Schoeneus of Boeotia.
  2. The main belt asteroid 36 Atalante.

Word forms

Atalanta

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Atalanta, from Ancient Greek Ἀταλάντη (Atalántē, “balanced”), from ἀ- (a-, “used to express unity”) + τάλαντον (tálanton, “balanced”).

Derived words

Vanessa atalanta
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