proper noun · femininevariously declined, fourth declension, third declension
Calypsō
Calypsō f sg (genitive Calypsūs or Calypsōnis)
Classical[kaˈlyp.soː]Ecclesiastical[kaˈlip.so]
Meaning
- GreekCalypso (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
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Calypsō | — |
| genitive | Calypsūs Calypsōnis | — |
| dative | Calypsō Calypsōnī | — |
| accusative | Calypsō Calypsōn, Calypsōnem | — |
| ablative | Calypsō Calypsōne | — |
| vocative | Calypsō | — |
Călypso, ūs (e. g. Tib. 4, 1, 77; Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 96; Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 171:
I.
Calypsonis, App. M. 1, p. 107; Macr. S. 5, 2, 10; acc. regularly Calypso, Ov. P. 4, 10, 13; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 63; Plin. ap. Charis. p. 102 P.; Prisc. p. 685 ib.; Rudd. I. p. 60, n. 84; but Calypsonem, Liv. And. ap. Prisc. l. l., and Calypsonem, Pac. ib., and ap. Charis. p. 47 P.; Caes. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 63; Macr. S. 5, 2, 10), f., = Καλυψώ, a nymph, daughter of Atlas (or Oceanus), who ruled in the Island Ogygia, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 96 (acc. to Mel. 2, 7, 18, erroneously, in Aeaea), in the Sicilian Sea, she received Ulysses as a guest, bore by him Auson (v. Auso-nes), and, with the greatest unwillingness, allowed him to continue his voyage, Tib. 4, 1, 77; Ov. P. 4, 10, 13; Cic. Off. 1, 31, 113; Prop. 1, 15, 9; 2 (3), 21, 13.Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kălŭpsṓ).
Descendants
- EnglishCalypso
- ItalianCalipso
- SpanishCalipso
- PortugueseCalipso
- PortugueseCalypso