Calypso

See also: calypso

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Calypso f

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

Hypernyms

• (genus): Orchidaceae - family; Epidendroideae - subfamily;  - tribe;  - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus):  - sole species

References

• Calypso (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calypso on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Calypso (Orchidaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA^(key): /kəˈlɪp.səʊ/
• enPR: kəlĭpʹsō, IPA^(key): /kəˈlɪp.soʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɪpsəʊ

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

Translations

a sea nymph

• German:

  Low German:

  German Low German: Kalypso f

• Hungarian: Kalüpszó
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• Korean: 칼립소 (Kallipso)
• Portuguese: Calipso (pt) f
• Russian: Кали́псо (ru) f (Kalípso)
• Swedish: Kalypso c

a moon of Saturn

• Portuguese: Calipso (pt)
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Asteroid

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References

• Calypso (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calypso (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 53 Kalypso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cosplay

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈlyp.soː/, [käˈlʲʏps̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈlip.so/, [käˈlipso]

Proper noun

Calypsō f sg (variously declined, genitive Calypsūs or Calypsōnis); 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), singular only. singular nominative Calypsō genitive Calypsūs dative — accusative Calypsō Calypsōn ablative — vocative Calypsō

Third-declension noun, singular only. singular nominative Calypsō genitive Calypsōnis dative Calypsōnī accusative Calypsōnem ablative Calypsōne vocative Calypsō

Descendants

• → English: Calypso
• → Italian: Calipso
• → Spanish: Calipso
• → Portuguese: Calipso, Calypso (obsolete)

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)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Calypso f

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