Callirrhoe

See also: Callirrhoë

English

Proper noun

Callirrhoe

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• Callirhoē (poetic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈlir.ro.eː/, [kälˈlʲɪrːoeː]
• (modern Italianate 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.

	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.