Calypso

See also: calypso

Translingual

Calypso bulbosa

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsṓ), probably derived from κᾰλῠ́πτω (kalúptō, “I hide”), thus “she who conceals”.

Proper noun

Calypso f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – a single species of orchid Calypso bulbosa (fairy slipper orchid).

Hypernyms

• (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

• (genus): Calypso bulbosa - sole species

References

• Calypso (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calypso on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Calypso (Orchidaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA^(key): /kəˈlɪp.səʊ/
• (US) enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA^(key): /kəˈlɪp.soʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɪpsəʊ

Proper noun

Calypso

1. (Greek mythology) A sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.
2. (astronomy) The eighth moon of Saturn.
3. (astronomy) 53 Kalypso, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Saturnian moon mentioned above.
4. Alternative letter-case form of calypso

Translations

a sea nymph

• French: Calypso (fr) f
• German:, Kalypso f
• Greek: Καλυψώ (el) f (Kalypsó)

  Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ f (Kalupsṓ)

• Hungarian: Kalüpszó
• Italian: Calipso f
• Japanese: カリュプソー (Karyupusō)
• Korean: 칼립소 (Kallipso)
• Latin: Calypsō f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Kalypso f

• Portuguese: Calipso (pt) f
• Russian: Кали́псо (ru) f (Kalípso)
• Spanish: Calipso f
• Swedish: Kalypso c
• Ukrainian: Каліпсо́ f (Kalipsó)

a moon of Saturn

• Portuguese: Calipso (pt)

Asteroid

References

• Calypso (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calypso (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 53 Kalypso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cosplay

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈlyp.soː/, [käˈlʲʏps̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈlip.so/, [käˈlipso]

Proper noun

Calypsō f sg (variously declined, genitive Calypsūs or Calypsōnis); fourth declension, third declension

1. (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

Fourth-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

• → English: Calypso
• → Italian: Calipso
• → Spanish: Calipso
• → Portuguese: Calipso, Calypso

References

• “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

Proper noun

Calypso f

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Calipso.