Translingual

Proper noun

Calpe f

1. (obsolete) Original genus name of Calyptra.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Κάλπη ‎(Kálpē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.peː/, [ˈkaɫ.peː]

Proper noun

Calpē f ‎(genitive Calpēs); first declension

1. (geography) Gibraltar

Inflection

First declension, Greek type, with locative.

References

• Calpe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Calpe”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Calpe in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Calpe in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly