Calypso

See also: calypso

Translingual

Calypso bulbosa

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Calypso f

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

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(genus): Calypso bulbosa - sole species

References

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

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Calypso

(Greek mythology) A sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.
(astronomy) The eighth moon of Saturn.
(astronomy) 53 Kalypso, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Saturnian moon mentioned above.
Alternative letter-case form of calypso

Translations

a sea nymph

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

a moon of Saturn

Portuguese: Calipso (pt)

Asteroid

References

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

Anagrams

cosplay

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kalupsṓ).

Pronunciation

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

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈlip.so/, [käˈlipso]

Proper noun

Calypsō f sg (variously declined, genitive Calypsūs or Calypsōnis); fourth declension, third declension

(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.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Calypsō
Genitive	Calypsūs
Dative	—
Accusative	Calypsō Calypsōn
Ablative	—
Vocative	Calypsō

Third-declension noun, singular only.

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

Descendants

→ English: Calypso
→ Italian: Calipso
→ Spanish: Calipso
→ Portuguese: Calipso, Calypso

References

“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)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Calypso f

Obsolete spelling of Calipso (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).