Ὑψιπύλη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hyp.si.pý.lɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)yp.siˈpy.le̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /yp.siˈpy.li/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /yp.siˈpy.li/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ip.siˈpi.li/
Proper noun
Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη • (Hŭpsĭpŭ́lē) f (genitive Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λης); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Hypsipyle (Lemnian queen)
- synonym of Λῆμνος (Lêmnos) (Lemnos: an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη hē Hŭpsĭpŭ́lē | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λης tês Hŭpsĭpŭ́lēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λῃ tēî Hŭpsĭpŭ́lēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λην tḕn Hŭpsĭpŭ́lēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη Hŭpsĭpŭ́lē | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- ὑψίπυλος (hupsípulos)
Descendants
- Greek: Υψιπύλη (Ypsipýli)
- → Latin: Hypsipylē
References
- “Ὑψιπύλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers