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ganymede
/ˈɡænəˌmid/
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What does ganymede mean?
noun
- A servant boy or young waiter, particularly one who serves liquor.
- A boy kept for pederastic purposes; a catamite.
proper noun
- A Trojan boy who was abducted (either by Zeus or Eos), and ultimately became immortal in order to be Zeus' cupbearer.
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proper noun
- A moon of Jupiter.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡænəˌmid/
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I’ll have no worse a name than Jove’s own page, And therefore look you call me Ganymede.
Her chair being a far more comfortable one than his she still slept on inside his great-coat, looking warm as a new bun and boyish as a Ganymede.
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Having thus unburdened himself of whatever thoughts and emotions are evoked by the occasion, he takes from the attendant Ganymede a bumper cup of spirit and breaks into song.
The price for the Ganymede is so monstrous that I must not regret not having it--yet if ever he should lower, I should still have a hankering, as it is one of the finest medals I ever saw.
To Anreith is due the splendid sculptured pediment over the Constantia wine-house illustrating the story of Ganymede, and all Thibault's buildings have great distinction; but still, being where they are, they are a perpetual surprise, for in a new country one does not expect such a high level of artistic achievement.