Calliope
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Siberian rubythroat, Calliope calliope
Raffigurazione di Calliope – Depiction of Calliope
See also: calliope
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), the Muse of eloquence and poetry, in turn of κᾰλλῐ- (kalli-) + ὄψ (óps) “beautiful voice”. Introduced by English ornithologist John Gould in 1836.
Proper noun
Calliope f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Muscicapidae – rubythroats and close relatives.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Passeriformes – order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Muscicapoidea - superfamily; Muscicapidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Calliope calliope (Siberian rubythroat) - type species; Calliope obscura (blackthroat), Calliope pectardens (firethroat), Calliope pectoralis (Himalayan rubythroat), Calliope tschebaiewi (Chinese rubythroat) - other species
References
Calliope (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Calliope on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Calliope on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gould, John (1836) The Birds of Europe. Volume 2
English
Etymology
From Latin Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē), from κᾰλλῐ- (kalli-, “beautiful”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Calliope
- (Greek mythology) The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo.
- (astronomy) 22 Kalliope, a main belt asteroid.
- A female given name.
Derived terms
Translations
the Muse of eloquence and epic
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See also
- (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Calliope, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).
Proper noun
Calliope
- a female given name from English
- (Greek mythology) the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo
- (astronomy) 22 Kalliope
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Calliopē, from Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Calliope f
- (Greek mythology) Calliope, the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry
- a female given name from Ancient Greek
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- Calliope on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Calliopē f sg (genitive Calliopēs); first declension
- (Greek mythology) The Muse Calliope, goddess and muse of epic poetry, or of poetry in general
- See Calliopea for an alternative spelling and quotation from Ovid’s Fasti.
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Calliopē |
| Genitive | Calliopēs |
| Dative | Calliopae |
| Accusative | Calliopēn |
| Ablative | Calliopē |
| Vocative | Calliopē |
Descendants
- Italian: Calliope