Pasiphaë

[puh-sif-uh-ee]

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.

Pasiphaë

¹

/ pəˈsɪfɪiː /

noun

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

Pasiphaë

²

/ pəˈsɪfɪiː /

noun

1. astronomy a small outer satellite of the planet Jupiter

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pasiphaë¹

First recorded in 1775–85