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Calypso.

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)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

name[kaˈlyp.soː]Classical-Latin[kaˈlip.so]
  1. 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)

    Greek · declension-3 · declension-4
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κᾰλῠψώ (Kălŭpsṓ).

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