Hypsipyle
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin Hypsipylē and its etymon, the Ancient Greek Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hupsipúlē).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Hypsipyle
- (Greek mythology) The daughter of Thoas and Myrina, queen of Lemnos at the time of the curse by Aphrodite, the island’s subsequent androcide, and the Argonauts’ two-year sojourn on the island, during which time she bore Jason twin sons.
Translations edit
Lemnian queen
Further reading edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hupsipúlē).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hypˈsi.py.leː/, [hʏpˈs̠ɪpʏɫ̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ipˈsi.pi.le/, [ipˈsiːpile]
Proper noun edit
Hypsipylē f sg (genitive Hypsipylēs); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Hypsipyle (Lemnian queen)
- Synonym of Lēmnos (Lemnos (an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea))
Declension edit
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Hypsipylē |
Genitive | Hypsipylēs |
Dative | Hypsipylae |
Accusative | Hypsipylēn |
Ablative | Hypsipylē |
Vocative | Hypsipylē |
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References edit
- “Hypsĭpy̆lē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hypsĭpy̆lē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 762/1.
- “Hypsipylē” on page 812/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading edit
- Hypsipyle (mythologia) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la