Calypso

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

Calypso f

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

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

• (genus): Calypso bulbosa - sole species

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

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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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈlyp.soː/, [kaˈlʏp.soː]

Calypsō f (variously declined, genitive Calypsūs or Calypsōnis); irregular 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)

• Portuguese: Calipso

• Calypso in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek 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)

Calypso f

1. Obsolete spelling of Calipso (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).