Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη • ‎(Hupsipúlē) f ‎(genitive Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λης); first declension

1. (mythology) Hypsipyle (Lemnian queen)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.469
2. Synonym of Λῆμνος ‎(Lêmnos) (Lemnos: an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea)

Declension

Related terms

• ὑψίπυλος ‎(hupsípulos)

Descendants

• Greek: Υψιπύλη ‎(Ypsipýli)
• Latin: Hypsipylē

References

• Ὑψιπύλη in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers