Eridanus

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Eridanus

/əˈrɪdənəs/

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Learned borrowing from Latin Ēridanus, from Ancient Greek Ἠρῐδᾰνός (Ērĭdănós).

proper noun

A large winter constellation of the northern sky. It lies near Orion and Cetus.
Greek, with or without the A mythical river of northern Europe, rich in amber. When Cycnus, Phaeton’s lover/friend/relative/reports vary learned of his fate he wept so long and so loudly on the banks of the Eridanus that to ease his sorrow (and cease the sound) the gods turned him into a Mute swan and it is from this myth that the term ‘Swan Song’ originates.

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name constellation

Español	Eridanus
한국어	에리다누스자리 Eridanuseujari
日本語	エリダヌス座 Eridanusu-za
中文	波江座 Bōjiāngzuò
हिन्दी	स्रोतस्विनी तारामंडल srotasvinī tārāmaṇḍal
Français	Éridan
Deutsch	Eridanus
Ελληνικά	Ηριδανός Iridanós
Русский	Эридан Eridan

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@misc{eridanus_2026,
  title = {Eridanus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eridanus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}