Alcyone

[ al-sahy-uh-nee ]

/ ælˈsaɪ əˌni /

noun

a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.

Also Halcyon, Halcyone. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Aeolus who, with her husband, Ceyx, was transformed into a kingfisher.

Example sentences from the Web for halcyone

But Halcyone flung her arms round Priscilla's neck and laughed in her beard.

Halcyone |Elinor Glyn
Then Halcyone broods over her nest; then the way is safe to seafarers.

The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) |Charles Mills Gayley
The aunts took in the Morning Post, but until she was eighteen they had rigorously forbidden Halcyone's perusal of it.

Halcyone |Elinor Glyn
"Why, how do you do," he said politely, and Halcyone bowed without speaking.

Halcyone |Elinor Glyn

His last prayer was that the waves might bear his body to the sight of Halcyone, and that it might receive burial at her hands.

The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) |Charles Mills Gayley

British Dictionary definitions for halcyone (1 of 3)

Halcyone

/ (hælˈsaɪənɪ) /

noun

a variant of Alcyone 1

British Dictionary definitions for halcyone (2 of 3)

Alcyone ¹

/ (ælˈsaɪənɪ) /

noun Greek myth

Also called: Halcyone the daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx, who drowned herself in grief for her husband's death. She was transformed into a kingfisher See also Ceyx

British Dictionary definitions for halcyone (3 of 3)

Alcyone ²

/ (ælˈsaɪənɪ) /

noun

the brightest star system in the Pleiades, located in the constellation Taurus

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British Dictionary definitions for halcyone (2 of 3)

noun Greek myth

British Dictionary definitions for halcyone (3 of 3)

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