Callirrhoe

See also: Callirrhoë

English

Proper noun

Callirrhoe

  1. (astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καλλιρρόη (Kallirrhóē), derived from the adjective καλλίρροος (kallírrhoos).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kalˈlir.ro.eː/, [kälˈlʲɪrːoeː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kalˈlir.ro.e/, [kälˈlirːoe]

Proper noun

Callirrhoē f sg (genitive Callirrhoēs); first declension

  1. Daughter of Achelous, second wife of Alcmoeon.
  2. Wife of Piranthus.
  3. A daughter of Oceanus.
  4. A fountain at Athens.
  5. A warm, medicinal fountain in Palestine.
  6. Synonym of Edessa (city in present-day Turkey)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Callirrhoē
Genitive Callirrhoēs
Dative Callirrhoae
Accusative Callirrhoēn
Ablative Callirrhoē
Vocative Callirrhoē

References
  • “Callirrhoe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Callirrhoe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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