Hypsipyle

English

Etymology

Latin Hypsipylē and its etymon, the Ancient Greek Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hupsipúlē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɪpˈsɪpɪliː/

Proper noun

Hypsipyle

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Thoas and Myrina, queen of Lemnos at the time of the curse by Aphrodite, the island’s subsequent androcide, and the Argonauts’ two-year sojourn on the island, during which time she bore Jason twin sons.

Translations

Lemnian queen

Greek: Υψιπύλη f (Ypsipýli)
Ancient: Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη f (Hupsipúlē)

Latin: Hypsipylē f

Further reading

Hypsipyle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hupsipúlē).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /hyˈpsi.py.leː/, [hʏˈpsɪ.pʏ.ɫeː]

Proper noun

Hypsipylē f sg (genitive Hypsipylēs); first declension

(mythology) Hypsipyle (Lemnian queen)
Synonym of Lēmnos (Lemnos: an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hypsipylē
Genitive	Hypsipylēs
Dative	Hypsipylae
Accusative	Hypsipylēn
Ablative	Hypsipylē
Vocative	Hypsipylē

Related terms

Hypsipylaeus, Hypsipylēus

Descendants

English: Hypsipyle

References

Hypsĭpy̆lē in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Hypsĭpy̆lē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 762/1
“Hypsipylē” on page 812/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Further reading

Hypsipyle (mythologia) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

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