Calpe

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Translingual

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Etymology

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From Latin.

Proper noun

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Calpe f

  1. (obsolete) Original genus name of Calyptra.

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάλπη (Kálpē).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Calpē f sg (genitive Calpēs); first declension

  1. A peninsula and promontory in southern Iberia; modern Gibraltar

Declension

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

singular
nominative Calpē
genitive Calpēs
dative Calpae
accusative Calpēn
ablative Calpē
vocative Calpē
locative Calpae

References

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  • Calpe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Calpe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Calpe”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Calpe”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly