Καλυψώ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably from κᾰλῠ́πτω (kalúptō, “I hide”): “she who conceals”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.lyp.sɔ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.lypˈso/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.lypˈso/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.lypˈso/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.lipˈso/
Noun
Κᾰλῠψώ • (Kalupsṓ) f (genitive Κᾰλῠψοῦς); third declension
- Calypso
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.13–15:
- τὸν δ᾽ οἶον, νόστου κεχρημένον ἠδὲ γυναικός,
νύμφη πότνι᾽ ἔρῡκε Καλυψώ, δῖα θεᾱ́ων,
ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι, λιλαιομένη πόσιν εἶναι.- tòn d᾽ oîon, nóstou kekhrēménon ēdè gunaikós,
númphē pótni᾽ érūke Kalupsṓ, dîa theā́ōn,
en spéssi glaphuroîsi, lilaioménē pósin eînai. - [Odysseus] alone, longing for homecoming and his wife,
the revered nymph Calypso, brightest of goddesses, detained
in hollow caves, longing for him to be her husband.
- tòn d᾽ oîon, nóstou kekhrēménon ēdè gunaikós,
- τὸν δ᾽ οἶον, νόστου κεχρημένον ἠδὲ γυναικός,
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Κᾰλῠψώ hē Kalupsṓ | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Κᾰλῠψοῦς tês Kalupsoûs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Κᾰλῠψοῖ têi Kalupsoî | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Κᾰλῠψώ tḕn Kalupsṓ | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κᾰλῠψοῖ Kalupsoî | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: Calypsō
References
- Καλυψώ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Καλυψώ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
- Καλυψώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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