Calypso

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Translingual

Calypso bulbosa

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsṓ), probably derived from κᾰλῠ́πτω (kălŭ́ptō, “I hide”), thus “she who conceals”.

Proper noun

Calypso f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – a single species of orchid Calypso bulbosa (fairy slipper orchid).

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English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kălŭpsṓ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Calypso

  1. (Greek mythology) A sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.
  2. (astronomy) The eighth moon of Saturn.
  3. (astronomy) 53 Kalypso, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Saturnian moon mentioned above.
  4. Alternative letter-case form of calypso

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kălŭpsṓ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Calypsō f sg (genitive Calypsūs or Calypsōnis); variously declined, fourth declension, third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Calypso (a nymph who ruled the island of Ogygia, on whose shores Odysseus was shipwrecked, whereupon she detained and entertained him for seven years, bearing him the two sons Nausithoüs and Nausinoüs)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō) or third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Calypsō
genitive Calypsūs
Calypsōnis
dative Calypsō
Calypsōnī
accusative Calypsō
Calypsōn
Calypsōnem
ablative Calypsō
Calypsōne
vocative Calypsō

Descendants

References

  • “Calypso”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “Călypso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Calypso”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Călypsō in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 249/2.
  • “Calypsō” on page 262/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Calypso f

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Calipso.
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