Medicean

Meaning

Adjective

Designating the four largest moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto), as named by Galileo in honour of his future patron Cosimo II de' Medici.
Pertaining to the Medici family.

Origin

From post-classical Latin Mediceus (16th century; from the family name Medici) -an.

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