Callisto
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Καλλιστώ (Kallistṓ).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Callisto
Derived terms
Translations
in Greek mythology
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satellite of Jupiter
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See also
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Καλλιστώ (Kallistṓ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kalˈlis.toː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kalˈlis.to/,
Proper noun
Callistō f sg (genitive Callistūs); fourth declension
- (Greek mythology) Callisto
- (Can we date this quote?), Hyginus, fabulae, Iovis filii; in: Hygini fabulae, edidit Mauricius Schmidt, Jena, 1872, page 121:
- Arcas ex Callisto, Lycaonis filia
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- (Can we date this quote?), Hyginus, astronomica; in: Hygini astronomica ex codicibus a se primum collatis recensuit Bernhardus Bunte. Accedunt prolegomena, commentarius, excerpta ex codicibus, index, epimetron, Lipsia, 1875, page 34:
- IV ARCTOPHYLAX. De hoc fertur ut sit Arcas nomine, Callistus et Iouis filius, quem dicitur Lycaon, cum Iuppiter ad eum in hospitium uenisset, cum alia carne concisum pro epulis apposuisse . [...]
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- (Can we date this quote?), Catullus, poem 66; in: Catullus Tibullus and Pervigilium Veneris, 1921, page 132f. with English translation by F. W. Cornish:
- Virginis et saevi contingens namque Leonis | lumina, Callisto iuncta Lycaoniae, | vertor in occasum, tardum dux ante Booten, | qui vix sero alto mergitur Oceano.
- for I, touching the fires of the Virgin and the raging Lion, and close by Callisto daughter of Lycaon, move to my setting, while I point the way before slow Bootes, who scarce late at night dips in deep ocean.
- Virginis et saevi contingens namque Leonis | lumina, Callisto iuncta Lycaoniae, | vertor in occasum, tardum dux ante Booten, | qui vix sero alto mergitur Oceano.
- (Can we date this quote?), Hyginus, fabulae, Iovis filii; in: Hygini fabulae, edidit Mauricius Schmidt, Jena, 1872, page 121:
- (New Latin) Callisto (moon)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
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| Nominative | Callistō |
| Genitive | Callistūs |
| Dative | Callistō |
| Accusative | Callistō |
| Ablative | Callistō |
| Vocative | Callistō |
Derived terms
References
- “Callisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Callisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1568.
Turkish
Proper noun
Callisto