English

Proper noun

Calypso

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

Translations

Anagrams

• cosplay

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ ‎(Kalupsṓ)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ly.psoː/, [ˈka.lʏ.psoː]

Proper noun

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

1. (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

Descendants

• Portuguese: Calipso

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Călypsō”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 249/2.
• “Calypsō” on page 262/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Calypso f

1. Obsolete spelling of Calipso (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

English

Noun

calypso ‎(plural calypsos or calypsoes)

1. A type of music and dance that originated in the West Indies (perhaps Trinidad), characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects, often creating satire of current events.

Derived terms

• calypsonian
• calypso-like

Etymology 2

Calypso bulbosa

From Latin, itself from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ ‎(Kalupsṓ, “name of a sea nymph”)

Wikispecies

Noun

calypso ‎(plural calypsos or calypsoes)

1. A bulbous bog orchid of the genus Calypso, Calypso bulbosa
2. A light blue color.

   calypso colour:

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• cosplay

Swedish

Noun

calypso c

1. calypso; a type of music or dance

Declension