Calypso
See also: calypso
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsṓ), probably derived from κᾰλῠ́πτω (kalúptō, “I hide”), thus “she who conceals”.
Proper noun edit
Calypso 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪp.səʊ/
- (US) enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪp.soʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɪpsəʊ
Proper noun edit
Calypso
- (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 edit
a 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 edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈlyp.soː/, [käˈlʲʏps̠oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈlip.so/, [käˈlipso]
Proper noun edit
Calypsō 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 edit
Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō) or third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Calypsō |
Genitive | Calypsūs Calypsōnis |
Dative | Calypsō Calypsōnī |
Accusative | Calypsō Calypsōn Calypsōnem |
Ablative | Calypsō Calypsōne |
Vocative | Calypsō |
Descendants edit
References 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 edit
Proper noun edit
Calypso f
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Calipso.