Ὑψιπύλη

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Particularly: “ὕψος (húpsos) +‎ πύλη (púlē), literally “entrance to high position”? Cf. the Japanese 御門 (みかど, ​mikado), lit. “godly gate”.”

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη • (Hupsipúlē) f (genitive Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λης); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Hypsipyle (Lemnian queen)
  2. Synonym of Λῆμνος (Lêmnos) (Lemnos: an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea)

Declension

First declension of ἡ Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη; τῆς Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη
hē Hupsipúlē
Genitive τῆς Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λης
tês Hupsipúlēs
Dative τῇ Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λῃ
têi Hupsipúlēi
Accusative τὴν Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λην
tḕn Hupsipúlēn
Vocative Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη
Hupsipúlē
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: Υψιπύλη (Ypsipýli)
  • → Latin: Hypsipylē

References

  • “Ὑψιπύλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
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