English Dictionary

Daphne

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdæfni/

固有名詞

ギリシャ語

(Greek mythology) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus. / (astronomy) 41 Daphne, a main belt asteroid. / A female given name from Ancient Greek.

日本語の意味

（ギリシャ神話）アポロに追われ、川の神ペネウスによって月桂樹に変えられたドライアド（木の精霊）としてのダフネ / （天文学）小惑星帯に位置する主小惑星「41ダフネ」 / 古代ギリシャに由来する女性の名前としてのダフネ

Daphne fled through the forest as Apollo's pursuit drew closer, until the river god Peneus turned her into a laurel tree.

アポローンに追われ、河神ペネウスによって月桂樹に変えられた樹木の精は、追跡が迫る中で森を走り抜けた。

意味（1）

(Greek mythology) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.

Run when you will, the story shall be chang'd; / Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase; / The dove pursues the griffin

意味（2）

(astronomy) 41 Daphne, a main belt asteroid.

意味（3）

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

My wife. Daphne. Yes, that was, is, her name. For some reason people have always found it faintly comic. I think it matches very well her damp, dark, myopic beauty.