English

Proper noun

Hypsipyle

1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Thoas and Myrina, queen of Lemnos at the time of the curse by Aphrodite, the island’s subsequent androcide, and the Argonauts’ two-year sojourn on the island, during which time she bore Jason twin sons.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη ‎(Hupsipúlē)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hyˈpsi.py.leː/, [hʏˈpsɪ.pʏ.ɫeː]

Proper noun

Hypsipylē f ‎(genitive Hypsipylēs); first declension

1. (mythology) Hypsipyle (Lemnian queen)
2. Synonym of Lēmnos (Lemnos: an island in the northeastern Aegaean Sea)

Declension

First declension, Greek type.

Related terms

• Hypsipylaeus, Hypsipylēus

Descendants

• English: Hypsipyle

References

• Hypsĭpy̆lē in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Hypsĭpy̆lē”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 762/1.
• “Hypsipylē” on page 812/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)