Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

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Particularly: “ὕψος (húpsos) +‎ πύλη (púlē), literally “entrance to high position”? Cf. the Japanese 御門 (みかど, ​mikado), lit. “godly gate”.”

Pronunciation edit

 

Proper noun edit

Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hupsipúlēf (genitive Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λης); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Hypsipyle (Lemnian queen)
  2. Synonym of Λῆμνος (Lêmnos) (Lemnos: an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea)

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Greek: Υψιπύλη (Ypsipýli)
  • Latin: Hypsipylē

References edit

  • Ὑψιπύλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers