Calypso

See also: calypso

Translingual

Calypso bulbosa

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsṓ), probably derived from κᾰλῠ́πτω (kalúptō, “I hide”), thus “she who conceals”.

Proper noun

Calypso f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – a single species of orchid Calypso bulbosa (fairy slipper orchid.

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ku̇lĭpʹsō, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪp.səʊ/
  • (US) enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA(key): /kəˈlɪp.soʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪpsəʊ

Proper noun

Calypso

  1. (Greek mythology) A sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.
  2. (astronomy) The eighth moon of Saturn.
  3. (astronomy) 53 Kalypso, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Saturnian moon mentioned above.
  4. Alternative letter-case form of calypso

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈlyp.soː/, [kaˈlʏp.soː]

Proper noun

Calypsō f (variously declined, genitive Calypsūs or Calypsōnis); irregular declension, third declension

  1. (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

Irregular.
Number Singular
nominative Calypsō
genitive Calypsūs
dative —
accusative Calypsō
Calypsōn
ablative —
vocative —
 Third declension.
Case Singular
nominative Calypsō
genitive Calypsōnis
dative Calypsōnī
accusative Calypsōnem
ablative Calypsōne
vocative Calypsō

Descendants

References

  • Calypso in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek 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

  1. Obsolete spelling of Calipso (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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