Mimas

See also: mimas and mimás

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μίμᾱς (Mímās), earlier Μίμανς (Mímans).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪməs/

Proper noun

Mimas

1. (Greek mythology) A son of Gaia; one of the Gigantes.
2. (astronomy) The innermost of Saturn's classical satellites, marked by a giant impact crater (Herschel) on its surface.
   • 2021, Kevin Hand, Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 43:

     Evidence suggests, for example, that Saturn's moon Mimas may have an ocean.

Synonyms

• (moon): Saturn I

Derived terms

• Mimantean, Mimantian

Translations

mythology

• Greek:

  Ancient: Μίμας m (Mímas)

• Russian: Ми́мант m (Mímant), Ми́мас m (Mímas)

moon of Saturn

• French: Mimas (fr)
• German: Mimas m
• Italian: Mimas m
• Russian: Ми́мас m (Mímas)
• Spanish: Mimas (es)

Anagrams

• IAMMS, Imams, Sammi, imams, maims, miasm

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μίμας (Mímas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.maːs/, [ˈmɪmäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.mas/, [ˈmiːmäs]

Proper noun

Mimās m sg (genitive Mimāntis); third declension

1. A mountain in Ionia, Turkey
2. (Greek mythology) A mythological giant defeated by Zeus

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mimās
Genitive	Mimāntis
Dative	Mimāntī
Accusative	Mimāntem
Ablative	Mimānte
Vocative	Mimās

References

• “Mimas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Mimas”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Mimas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.