LEDA

Meaning of LEDA in English

/lee"deuh, lay"-/ , n.

1. Class. Myth. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.

2. Astron. a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

LEDA — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Lēda Date: circa 1527 the mother of Clytemnestra and Castor by her husband Tyndareus and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEDA — In Greek legend, the daughter of King Thestius of Aetolia and wife of King Tyndareus of Lacedaemon. Visited by Zeus …
Английский словарь Британика
LEDA — n. (Greek Mythology) queen of Sparta, mother of Helen of Troy and Pollux (offspring of the union between Leda and …
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LEDA — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Lēda Date: circa 1527 : the mother of Clytemnestra and Castor by her husband Tyndareus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEDA — [Le.da] n [L, fr. Gk Leda]: the mother of Clytemnestra and Castor by her husband Tyndareus and of Helen and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEDA — in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEDA — Leda BrE AmE ˈliːd ə ˈleɪd ə
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEDA — Le ‧ da /ˈliːdə/ BrE AmE in Greek ↑ mythology , the wife of the king of ↑ Sparta , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEDA — n. In Greek legend, the daughter of King Thestius of Aetolia and wife of King Tyndareus of Lacedaemon. Visited by …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LEDA — A multi-paradigm language (imperative, declarative, procedural, applicative, functional, logic, and object-oriented!) by Tim Budd budd@cs.orst.edu , Oregon State U, 1990-1993. …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
LEDA — Library of Efficient Data types and Algorithms
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
LEDA — [Greek] Leda was the daughter of Thestius and the wife of Tyndareus. She has been known as the Queen of …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
LEDA — see mythology books, paintings, and statuary. Also Jupiter, Castor, and Pollux.
Who is who English vocabulary
LEDA — Леда
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LEDA — n. Pronunciation: ' l ē -d ə Function: noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek L ē da Date: circa 1527 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TYNDAREUS — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Date: 1513 a king of Sparta and husband of Leda in Greek mythology
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NEMESIS — Greek goddess of retribution. In the earliest Greek religion she was worshiped as a fertility goddess. Later legends told how …
Английский словарь Британика
HELEN — I In Greek mythology , the most beautiful woman in Greece, who was the indirect cause of the Trojan War …
Английский словарь Британика
DIOSCURIC — |dīə|skyu̇rik adjective Etymology: Greek Dioskouroi sons of Zeus, namely the twin heroes or demigods of Greek mythology known in Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TYNDAREUS — /tin dair"ee euhs/ , n. Class. Myth. the husband of Leda and father of Clytemnestra and Castor.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HELEN — /hel"euhn/ , n. 1. Also called Helen of Troy . Class. Myth. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIOSCURI — /duy'euh skyoor"uy/ , n.pl. Class. Myth. Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ZEUS — in ancient Greek religion, chief deity of the pantheon, a sky and weather god who was identical with the Roman …
Britannica English vocabulary
VAN DUYN, MONA — born May 9, 1921, Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. in full Mona Jane Van Duyn American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet noted for her …
Britannica English vocabulary
DIOSCURI — (from Greek Dioskouroi, Sons of Zeus), also called Castor And Pollux, or Castor And Polydeuces, in Greek and Roman mythology, …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIBRARY OF EFFICIENT DATA TYPES AND ALGORITHMS — < library > (LEDA) A class library for C++ of efficient data types (e.g. graph classes ) and algorithm s …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
POLYDEUCES — [Greek] Polydeuces is a figure in Greek mythology. He is also the twin brother of Castor and the son of …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
HELEN — [Greek heroic] Helen (often called "Helen of Troy") was the daughter of Leda and Zeus, and was the sister of …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
DIOSCURI — [Greek heroic] The Disocuri were Castor and Polydeuces (or Pollux), the twin sons of Leda and Zeus and the brothers …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
CLYTEMNESTRA
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
CASTOR — [Greek heroic] Castor, a figure in Greek mythology the twin brother of Polydeuces (Pollux), is one of the twin stars …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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