Καλυψώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”), probably from the aorist καλύψαι (kalúpsai) +‎ -ώ (-ṓ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lyp.sɔ̌ː/ → /ka.lypˈso/ → /ka.lipˈso/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lyp.sɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.lypˈso/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.lypˈso/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.lypˈso/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.lipˈso/

Proper noun

Κᾰλῠψώ • (Kălŭpsṓ) f (genitive Κᾰλῠψοῦς); third declension

1. Calypso
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.13–15:

     τὸν δ’ οἶον, νόστου κεχρημένον ἠδὲ γυναικός,
     νύμφη πότνι’ ἔρῡκε Καλυψώ, δῖα θεᾱ́ων,
     ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι, λιλαιομένη πόσιν εἶναι.

     tòn d’ oîon, nóstou kekhrēménon ēdè gunaikós,
     númphē pótni’ érūke Kalupsṓ, dîa theā́ōn,
     en spéssi glaphuroîsi, lilaioménē pósin eînai.

     [Odysseus] alone, longing for homecoming and his wife,
     the revered nymph Calypso, brightest of goddesses, detained
     in hollow caves, longing for him to be her husband.

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Κᾰλῠψώ; τῆς Κᾰλῠψοῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κᾰλῠψώ hē Kălŭpsṓ
Genitive	τῆς Κᾰλῠψοῦς tês Kălŭpsoûs
Dative	τῇ Κᾰλῠψοῖ tēî Kălŭpsoî
Accusative	τὴν Κᾰλῠψώ tḕn Kălŭpsṓ
Vocative	Κᾰλῠψοῖ Kălŭpsoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

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

References

• “Καλυψώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Καλυψώ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
• Καλυψώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Further reading

• Calypso on Wikipedia.Wikipedia