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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “ὕψος (húpsos) + πύλη (púlē), literally “entrance to high position”? Cf. the Japanese 御門 (みかど, mikado), lit. “godly gate”.”
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hyp.si.pý.lɛː/ → /yp.siˈpy.li/ → /ip.siˈpi.li/
Proper noun
Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη • (Hupsipúlē) f (genitive Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λης); first declension
- (Greek mythology) Hypsipyle (Lemnian queen)
- Synonym of Λῆμνος (Lêmnos) (Lemnos: an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea)
Declension
Descendants
References
- “Ὑψιπύλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers