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

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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