Dione

[ dahy-oh-nee ]

noun

1. Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
2. Astronomy. a moon of the planet Saturn.

Dione

¹

/ daɪˈəʊnɪ /

noun

1. Greek myth a Titaness; the earliest consort of Zeus and mother of Aphrodite

Dione

²

/ daɪˈəʊnɪ /

noun

1. one of the larger satellites of the planet Saturn

Example Sentences

The genus Dione is further removed by the different structure of the legs, and the silvery spots on the underside of the wings.

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With them I might compare those, which naked Dione is painted 213 as once having held up with her dripping hand.

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I feel ashamed to instruct you any further, but genial Dione says, "That which shames you is especially my own province."

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Dione then wiped the ichor from the hand of Venus, and at her touch the wound healed and the pain ceased.

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“Perhaps Haltren will stay aboard the wreck with us until the Dione comes in,” suggested Darrow.

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