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Καλλιόπη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Καλλιόπη

Structure: Καλλιοπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: o)/y

Sense

  1. Calliope, the beautiful-voiced, epic

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Καλλιόπη Καλλιόπᾱ Καλλιόπαι
Genitive Καλλιόπης Καλλιόπαιν Καλλιοπῶν
Dative Καλλιόπῃ Καλλιόπαιν Καλλιόπαις
Accusative Καλλιόπην Καλλιόπᾱ Καλλιόπᾱς
Vocative Καλλιόπη Καλλιόπᾱ Καλλιόπαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Ἕλληνεσ δὲ οὔτε παρ’ Αἰθιόπων οὔτε παρ’ Αἰγυπτίων ἀστρολογίησ πέρι οὐδὲν ἤκουσαν, ἀλλὰ σφίσιν Ὀρφεὺσ ὁ Οἰάγρου καὶ Καλλιόπησ πρῶτοσ τάδε ἀπηγήσατο, οὐ μάλα ἐμφανέωσ, οὐδὲ ἐσ φάοσ τὸν λόγον προήνεγκεν, ἀλλ’ ἐσ γοητείην καὶ ἱερολογίην, οἱή διανοίη ἐκείνου. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 10:1)
  • οὐκοῦν δεῖξον, ὦ παῖ Καλλιόπησ, ἔνθα ἐστὶν χρυσίου γάρ οὐδέν, οἶμαι, δέῃ σοφὸσ ὤν. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 29:7)
  • τοιοῦτόν τι ἄκουσμά ἐστι, Τερψιχόρησ τινὸσ ἢ Μελπομένησ ἢ Καλλιόπησ αὐτῆσ παίδευμα, μυρία τὰ θέλγητρα καὶ παντοῖα ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔχον. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 14:5)
  • Καλλιόπησ μὲν οὖν καὶ Οἰάγρου, κατ’ ἐπίκλησιν δὲ Ἀπόλλωνοσ, Λίνοσ, ὃν Ἡρακλῆσ ἀπέκτεινε, καὶ Ὀρφεὺσ ὁ ἀσκήσασ κιθαρῳδίαν, ὃσ ᾄδων ἐκίνει λίθουσ τε καὶ δένδρα. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 3 2:1)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἔνιοι λέγουσι, Καλλιόπησ ὑπῆρχεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 3 4:2)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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