Calliope
See also: calliope
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), the Muse of eloquence and poetry, in turn of κᾰλλῐ- (kăllĭ-) + ὄψ (óps) “beautiful voice”. Introduced by English ornithologist John Gould in 1836.
Proper noun
Calliope f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Muscicapidae – rubythroats and close relatives.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri – suborder; Passerida – infraorder; Muscicapoidea – superfamily; Muscicapidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Calliope calliope (Siberian rubythroat) – type species; Calliope obscura (blackthroat), Calliope pectardens (firethroat), Calliope pectoralis (Himalayan rubythroat), Calliope tschebaiewi (Chinese rubythroat) – other species
References
- Calliope (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Calliope on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Calliope on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gould, John (1836) The Birds of Europe. Volume 2[1]
English
Etymology
From Latin Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), from κᾰλλῐ- (kăllĭ-, “beautiful”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈlaɪ.ə.pi/, /kəˈliː.ə.pi/
Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
Calliope
- (Greek mythology) The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo.
- (astronomy) 22 Kalliope, a main belt asteroid.
- A female given name.
Derived terms
Translations
the Muse of eloquence and epic
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See also
- (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).
Proper noun
Calliope
- a female given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]
- (Greek mythology) the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo
- (astronomy) 22 Kalliope
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Calliopē, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalˈli.o.pe/
- Rhymes: -iope
- Hyphenation: Cal‧lì‧o‧pe
Proper noun
Calliope f
- (Greek mythology) Calliope, the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry
- a female given name from Ancient Greek
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- Calliope on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kalˈli.ɔ.peː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kalˈliː.o.pe]
Proper noun
Calliopē f sg (genitive Calliopēs); first declension
- (Greek mythology) The Muse Calliope, goddess and muse of epic poetry, or of poetry in general
- See Calliopea for an alternative spelling and quotation from Ovid’s Fasti.
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Calliopē |
genitive | Calliopēs |
dative | Calliopae |
accusative | Calliopēn |
ablative | Calliopē |
vocative | Calliopē |
Descendants
- Italian: Calliope