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Latin
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Calliopēa f sg (genitive Calliopēae); first declension
- Alternative form of Calliopē; (Greek mythology) The Muse Calliope, goddess and muse of epic poetry, or of poetry in general
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 5.79–80:
- tunc sīc, neglēctōs hederā redimitā capillōs,
prīma suī coepit Calliopēa chorī- Thus in this way, her unkempt hair wound in ivy,
Calliope began, the first of her chorus.
(See Calliope.)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.