Talk:Pasithee (moon)
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Since final -ia, -ie, and -ee in Greek loans are all traditionally pronounced [ee-uh] in English, this moon should probably be pronounced the same as Pasithea, [pa-SITH-ee-uh] (per the Random House dictionary). However, I received the following email from someone at JPL who only signed as "Ellis":
"Pronunciation of the moon names is an iffy thing at best. We still don't have universal agreement on the pronunciation of the Galilean satellite names. I can make an educated guess, but that is all it is:
Euporie (you-POOR-ee) Orthosie (ore-THO-see) Pasithee (PASS-i-thee)
Unlike Euporie and Orthosie, in Pasithee this shifts the placement of the accent.
In more traditional spelling, there is a dieresis over the second e to show that the name Pasithee has four syllables. ________________
The Greek spelling is Πασιθεη, which is Latinized as either Pasithea or Pasitheë. --kwami
