It means more along the lines of 'attendant,' 'guard,' and/or 'follower,' so 'guide' isn't really an appropriate translation.
A satelles is a guard or attendant.
The word 'satelles' in Latin means 'attendant' or 'guard' in the singular. In the plural, the word additionally means 'escort', 'suite', or 'train'. There's a bad sense in which the word may be used, and that's as 'abettor' or 'accomplice'. So the meaning in English is one of attending or guarding.
The word 'satelles' in Latin means 'attendant' or 'guard' in the singular. In the plural, the word additionally means 'escort', 'suite', or 'train'. There's a bad sense in which the word may be used, and that's as 'abettor' or 'accomplice'. So the meaning in English is one of attending or guarding.
Satellite comes via French satellite from Latin satelles 'attendant,escort', which itself probably went back to Etruscan satnal. Its use for a 'body orbiting a planet' is first recorded in English in 1665, and comes from the astronomer Johannes Kepler's application of Latin satelles to the moons of Jupiter.
The root word of satellite is "satellit-" which comes from the Latin word "satelles" meaning attendant or follower.
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The name Elizabeth means "God is my oath" or "God is my guide" in Latin.
The term "satellites" comes from the Latin satelles("attendants", members of a retinue), by way of the Old French for "hirelings". Natural satellites are followers, or "hangers-on" to a planet in its orbit.
The verb 'to guide' = ducere The person = dux
In Latin, "rego" means "to rule" or "to guide." It is a root word that is often used in words related to leadership, authority, or control.
The Latin word for guide is dux ducis. A guide means someone who is a leader, general or a duke.
"To steer" a ship is gubernare, a term borrowed (like much of the Latin nautical vocabulary) from Greek.The word dirigere, literally "to set straight", can also mean "to steer, to guide".