Calypso
See also: calypso
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsṓ), probably derived from κᾰλῠ́πτω (kălŭ́ptō, “I hide”), thus “she who conceals”.
Proper noun
Calypso f
- 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 (Kălŭpsṓ).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪp.səʊ/
- (US) enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪp.soʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɪpsəʊ
Proper noun
Calypso
- (Greek mythology) A sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.
- (astronomy) The eighth moon of Saturn.
- (astronomy) 53 Kalypso, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Saturnian moon mentioned above.
- Alternative letter-case form of calypso.
Translations
a sea nymph
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Asteroid
References
- Calypso (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Calypso (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 53 Kalypso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kălŭpsṓ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈlyp.soː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈlip.so]
Proper noun
Calypsō f sg (genitive Calypsūs or Calypsōnis); variously declined, fourth declension, third declension
- (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.
singular | |
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nominative | Calypsō |
genitive | Calypsūs Calypsōnis |
dative | Calypsō Calypsōnī |
accusative | Calypsō Calypsōn Calypsōnem |
ablative | Calypsō Calypsōne |
vocative | Calypsō |
Descendants
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
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Calipso.