Hypsipyle
English
Etymology
From Latin Hypsipylē and its etymon, the Ancient Greek Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hŭpsĭpŭ́lē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɪpˈsɪpɪliː/
Proper noun
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
Lemnian queen
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hŭpsĭpŭ́lē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hypˈsɪ.py.ɫeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ipˈsiː.pi.le]
Proper noun
Hypsipylē f sg (genitive Hypsipylēs); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Hypsipyle (Lemnian queen)
- synonym of Lēmnos (Lemnos (an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea))
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hypsipylē |
| genitive | Hypsipylēs |
| dative | Hypsipylae |
| accusative | Hypsipylēn |
| ablative | Hypsipylē |
| vocative | Hypsipylē |
Related terms
- Hypsipylaeus, Hypsipylēus
Descendants
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