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Definition of Danaide

Danaide
Danaide Da"na*ide, n. [From the mythical Danaides, who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes.] (Mach.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.

Meaning of Danaide from wikipedia

- In Gr**** mythology, the Danaïdes (/dəˈneɪ.ɪdiːz/; Gr****: Δαναΐδες), also Danaides or Danaids, were the fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Libya. In the...
- Danaide has been borne by at least two ships of the Italian Navy and may refer to: Italian corvette Danaide (1942), a Gabbiano-class corvette launched...
- Ethiopia and Phineus, betrothed of Andromeda. Danaus had fifty daughters, the Danaides, twelve of whom were born to the naiad Polyxo; six to Pieria; two to Elephantis;...
- (also called Aigyptioi), and The Daughters of Danaus (also called The Danaïdes or The Danaids), and the satyr play Amymone. It was long thought to be...
- based on the account in the Metamorphoses of Hypermnestra, eldest of the Danaïdes. It was originally conceived as part of his The Gates of **** but was not...
- to the Italian Navy as an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette named Danaide (F 553) on 9 September 1987. On 10 March 2016, she was decommissioned from...
- patrol vessels (OPVs). Four ships of this class, namely Minerva, Urania, Danaide and Sibilla, were acquired by the Bangladesh Coast Guard. These ships were...
- of the fifty daughters of Aegyptus' twin brother, Danaus, eponym of the Danaïdes. A scholium on a line in Euripides, Hecuba 886, reverses these origins...
- Eurymedon Pareia Paros mother of four sons by Minos Polydora one of the Danaïdes Pyronia mother of Iasion by Minos Psalacantha Icaria changed into a plant...
- Les Danaïdes is an opera by Antonio Salieri, in five acts: more specifically, it is a tragédie lyrique. The opera was set to a libretto by François-Louis...