Pasiphaë: Meaning and Definition of

Pa•siph•a•ë

Pronunciation: (pu-sif'u-ē"), [key]
— n.
  1. the wife of Minos, mother of Ariadne, and mother of the Minotaur by the Cretan bull.
  2. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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