Calpe
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Translingual
Etymology
From Latin.
Proper noun
Calpe f
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάλπη (Kálpē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkal.peː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.pe/,
Proper noun
Calpē f sg (genitive Calpēs); first declension
- A peninsula and promontory in southern Iberia; modern Gibraltar
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Calpē |
| genitive | Calpēs |
| dative | Calpae |
| accusative | Calpēn |
| ablative | Calpē |
| vocative | Calpē |
| locative | Calpae |
References
- “Calpe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Calpe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Calpe”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Calpe”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly