Sāt'el-līte, n.
n. [Fr. & It. satellite, Sp. satellite, Lat. satelles, satellitis.]
Sense 1. A secondary planet or moon; a small planet revolving round another; as, the satellite of the earth; the satellites of Jupiter. Morse.
Sense 2. An obsequious dependent; a subordinate attendant; a subservient follower.
☞ The English plural, sāt'el-ātes, happening to be the same in form as the plural of the Latin word satelles, Pope, in a celebrated couplet, has, by an unusual stretch of poetic license, given it a Latin pronunciation—sa-tĕl'-li-tēz.
Or ask of yonder argent fields above Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove.