See also: calypso

Translingual

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Calypso bulbosa

Etymology

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

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Calypso f

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

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).

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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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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).

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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)

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Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in ) or third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Calypsō
Genitive Calypsūs
Calypsōnis
Dative Calypsō
Calypsōnī
Accusative Calypsō
Calypsōn
Calypsōnem
Ablative Calypsō
Calypsōne
Vocative Calypsō

Descendants

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

References

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  • 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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Calypso f

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Calipso.