Καλλιόπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰλλῐ- (kalli-, “beautiful”, see κᾰ́λλος (kállos)) +‎ ὄψ (óps, “voice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kal.li.ó.pɛː/ → /kal.liˈo.pi/ → /ka.liˈo.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kal.li.ó.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kal.liˈo.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kal.liˈo.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kal.liˈo.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈo.pi/

Noun

Κᾰλλῐόπη • (Kalliópē) f (genitive Κᾰλλῐόπης); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Calliope, the muse of eloquence and epic poetry

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κᾰλλῐόπη; τῆς Κᾰλλῐόπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κᾰλλῐόπη hē Kalliópē
Genitive	τῆς Κᾰλλῐόπης tês Kalliópēs
Dative	τῇ Κᾰλλῐόπῃ têi Kalliópēi
Accusative	τὴν Κᾰλλῐόπην tḕn Kalliópēn
Vocative	Κᾰλλῐόπη Kalliópē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also

• (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Καλλιόπη, Κλειώ, Ἐρατώ, Εὐτέρπη, Μελπομένη, Πολύμνια, Τερψιχόρη, Θάλεια, Οὐρανία

References

• “Καλλιόπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Καλλιόπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Καλλιόπη • (Kalliópi) f

1. a female given name, Calliope (the Muse of eloquence and epic)

Declension

  Καλλιόπη

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Καλλιόπη •
genitive	Καλλιόπης •
accusative	Καλλιόπη •
vocative	Καλλιόπη •