Endymion

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/ɛnˈdɪmi.ən/

proper noun

A man described variously as a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king, who was loved by Selene or Artemis (the two being often conflated) and was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis, as well as venerated and said to reside in Caria, southwest Asia Minor, on Mount Latmus.

OriginAncient Greek Ἐνδυμίων →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Greekhuman sciencesA man described variously as a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king, who was loved by Selene or Artemis (the two being often conflated) and was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis, as well as venerated and said to reside in Caria, southwest Asia Minor, on Mount Latmus.

    The heavenly bodies may keep their secrets two or three thousand years yet; but one or other of them will betray them to some wakeful favorite, some Endymion beyond Latmos, perhaps in regions undiscovered, certainly in uncalculated times.

    a. 1864, Walter Savage Landor, Pericles and Aspasia, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, published 1905, page 82
  2. astronomy342 Endymion, an asteroid.
  3. astronomyA crater on the Moon.

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekἘνδυμίων
  2. EnglishEndymion

From Ancient Greek Ἐνδυμίων (Endumíōn).

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APA

Endymion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Endymion

MLA

“Endymion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Endymion. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Endymion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Endymion.

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