Calypso
See also: calypso
Translingual
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsṓ), probably derived from κᾰλῠ́πτω (kalúptō, “I hide”), thus “she who conceals”.
Proper noun
editCalypso f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – a single species of orchid Calypso bulbosa (fairy slipper orchid).
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Orchidaceae – family; Epidendroideae - subfamily; Calypsoeae - tribe; Calypsoinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Calypso bulbosa - sole species
References
edit- Calypso (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Calypso on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Calypso (Orchidaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪp.səʊ/
- (US) enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪp.soʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɪpsəʊ
Proper noun
editCalypso
- (Greek mythology) A sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.
- (astronomy) The eighth moon of Saturn.
- (astronomy) 53 Kalypso, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Saturnian moon mentioned above.
- Alternative letter-case form of calypso
Translations
edita sea nymph
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Asteroid
References
edit- Calypso (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Calypso (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 53 Kalypso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈlyp.soː/, [käˈlʲʏps̠oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈlip.so/, [käˈlipso]
Proper noun
editCalypsō f sg (variously declined, genitive Calypsūs or Calypsōnis); fourth declension, third declension
- (Greek mythology) Calypso (a nymph who ruled the island of Ogygia, on whose shores Odysseus was shipwrecked, whereupon she detained and entertained him for seven years, bearing him the two sons Nausithoüs and Nausinoüs)
Declension
editFourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō) or third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Calypsō |
Genitive | Calypsūs Calypsōnis |
Dative | Calypsō Calypsōnī |
Accusative | Calypsō Calypsōn Calypsōnem |
Ablative | Calypsō Calypsōne |
Vocative | Calypsō |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “Calypso”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “Călypso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Calypso”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Călypsō in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 249/2.
- “Calypsō” on page 262/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Portuguese
editProper noun
editCalypso f
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Calipso.
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