Hypsipyle

English

Etymology

From Latin Hypsipylē and its etymon, the Ancient Greek Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hupsipúlē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪpˈsɪpɪliː/

Proper noun

Hypsipyle

1. (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

Lemnian queen

• French: Hypsipyle (fr) f
• Greek: Υψιπύλη (el) f (Ypsipýli)

  Ancient: Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη f (Hupsipúlē)

• Latin: Hypsipylē f

Further reading

• Hypsipyle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hupsipúlē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hypˈsi.py.leː/, [hʏpˈs̠ɪpʏɫ̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ipˈsi.pi.le/, [ipˈsiːpile]

Proper noun

Hypsipylē f sg (genitive Hypsipylēs); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hypsipylē
Genitive	Hypsipylēs
Dative	Hypsipylae
Accusative	Hypsipylēn
Ablative	Hypsipylē
Vocative	Hypsipylē

Related terms

• Hypsipylaeus, Hypsipylēus

Descendants

• English: Hypsipyle
• French: Hypsipyle

References

• “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

• Hypsipyle (mythologia) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la