Pasiphaë

American  

[puh-sif-uh-ee] / pəˈsɪf əˌi /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. the wife of Minos, mother of Ariadne, and mother of the Minotaur by the Cretan bull.

2. Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.

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Pasiphaë ¹ British  

/ pəˈsɪfɪiː /

noun

1. Greek myth the wife of Minos and mother (by a bull) of the Minotaur

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Pasiphaë ² British  

/ pəˈsɪfɪiː /

noun

1. astronomy a small outer satellite of the planet Jupiter

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Etymology

Origin of Pasiphaë

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

Angel Desai is adorably playful as Phaedra’s animal-loving mother, Pasiphae.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2011

She’d made the sorceress Pasiphae disappear through an imaginary hole in the floor.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Cicero tells us that when the Lacedæmonian magistrates were embarrassed in their administration, they went to sleep in the temple of Pasiphae, thus named from Pasi phainein, or “communicative to all.”

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Phaidra, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, who married Theseus.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

No more fortunate has been the German attempt to resolve the story of Minos and the Minotaur, the Labyrinth and Pasiphae, into a clumsy solar myth.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James