Ὑψιπύλη

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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyp.si.pý.lɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yp.siˈpy.le̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yp.siˈpy.li/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yp.siˈpy.li/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ip.siˈpi.li/

Proper noun

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

(Greek mythology) Hypsipyle (Lemnian queen)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.469
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 Hŭpsĭpŭ́lē
Genitive	τῆς Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λης tês Hŭpsĭpŭ́lēs
Dative	τῇ Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λῃ têi Hŭpsĭpŭ́lēi
Accusative	τὴν Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λην tḕn Hŭpsĭpŭ́lēn
Vocative	Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη Hŭpsĭpŭ́lē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ὑψίπυλος (hupsípulos)

Descendants

Greek: Υψιπύλη (Ypsipýli)
→ Latin: Hypsipylē

References

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