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Pasiphaë meaning

  1. The daughter of Helios and the sister of Circe. She was raised as a princess at Cholchis, and then given in marriage to King Minos of Crete. With Minos, she was the mother of Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, and Catreus. She was also the mother of the Minotaur.
  2. One of the moons of Jupiter.

Synonyms of Pasiphaë

greek deity

Related words

Other words often associated with Pasiphaë or its synonyms:

god divinity immortal deity

Using Pasiphaë

  • The main meaning on this page is: The daughter of Helios and the sister of Circe. She was raised as a princess at Cholchis, and then given in marriage to King Minos of Crete. With Minos, she was the mother of Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, and Catreus. She was also the mother of the Minotaur. | One of the moons of Jupiter.
  • Useful related words include: greek deity.
  • In the example corpus, pasiphaë often appears in combinations such as: and pasiphaë.

Context around Pasiphaë

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

seeking 1× nursed 1× minos 1×

Sentence patterns with Pasiphaë

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

cow and pasiphaë was impregnated 1× daedalus and pasiphaë minos justified 1× helios and pasiphaë 1× pasiphaë had craftsman 1× pasiphaë nursed him 1× shrine of pasiphaë seeking prophetic 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

cicero writes in 1× pasiphaë had craftsman 1× pasiphaë nursed him 1× poseidon daedalus and 1× the bull mated 1× the geographer pausanias 1×

Common sentence endings:

for a sign 1× helios and pasiphaë 1× humans for sustenance 1× s doctor who 1× the white bull 1× them in governance 1×

Words around Pasiphaë

Just before it in the word index:

pasio 2 pasini 2 pasing 2 pasina 2 pasin 3 pasillo 2

Just after it in the word index:

pasir 9 pasithea 2 pask 4 paska 3 paskalis 2 paskel 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Pasiphaë

  • In this selection, "pasiphaë" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, seeking, nursed and minos stand out and add context to how "pasiphaë" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include cow and pasiphaë was impregnated and daedalus and pasiphaë minos justified. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pasiphaë" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pasiphaë

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Poseidon, Daedalus and Pasiphaë Minos justified his accession as king and prayed to Poseidon for a sign. (17 words)

Pasiphaë had craftsman Daedalus make a hollow wooden cow, and climbed inside it in order to mate with the white bull. (21 words)

The geographer Pausanias describes the shrine as small, situated near a clear stream, and flanked by bronze statues of Helios and Pasiphaë. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Pasiphaë nursed him, but he grew and became ferocious, being the unnatural offspring of a woman and a beast; he had no natural source of nourishment and thus devoured humans for sustenance. (32 words)

The bull mated with the wooden cow and Pasiphaë was impregnated by the bull, giving birth to a horrible monster, again named Asterius, Bibliotheke 3.1.4. (27 words)

Cicero writes in De Divinatione 1.96 that the Spartan ephors would sleep at the shrine of Pasiphaë, seeking prophetic dreams to aid them in governance. (26 words)

Example sentences (7)

Cicero writes in De Divinatione 1.96 that the Spartan ephors would sleep at the shrine of Pasiphaë, seeking prophetic dreams to aid them in governance.

Pasiphaë had craftsman Daedalus make a hollow wooden cow, and climbed inside it in order to mate with the white bull.

Pasiphaë is also the name of the spa inside the hotel l in Series 6, Episode 11: The God Complex of BBC's Doctor Who.

Pasiphaë nursed him, but he grew and became ferocious, being the unnatural offspring of a woman and a beast; he had no natural source of nourishment and thus devoured humans for sustenance.

Poseidon, Daedalus and Pasiphaë Minos justified his accession as king and prayed to Poseidon for a sign.

The bull mated with the wooden cow and Pasiphaë was impregnated by the bull, giving birth to a horrible monster, again named Asterius, Bibliotheke 3.1.4.

The geographer Pausanias describes the shrine as small, situated near a clear stream, and flanked by bronze statues of Helios and Pasiphaë.

Common combinations with pasiphaë

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pasiphaë" in a sentence?
An example: "Cicero writes in De Divinatione 1.96 that the Spartan ephors would sleep at the shrine of Pasiphaë, seeking prophetic dreams to aid them in governance." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "pasiphaë" from authentic English texts.
What does "pasiphaë" mean?
Pasiphaë means: The daughter of Helios and the sister of Circe. She was raised as a princess at Cholchis, and then given in marriage to King Minos of Crete. With Minos, she was the mother of Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, and Catreus. She was also the mother of the Minotaur.
What are synonyms of "pasiphaë"?
Common synonyms of "pasiphaë" include: greek deity.
How many example sentences with "pasiphaë" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "pasiphaë", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.