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amalthea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
A-mal-the-a
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

name

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.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀμάλθεια (Amáltheia).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ἀμάλθεια

Usage

Inflected Forms

Amaltheia (alternative)

Derived Forms

Amalthean

Phrases

horn of Amalthea

Questions

What does amalthea mean?
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.
Where does amalthea come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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