Calpe

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin.

Proper noun

Calpe f

1. (obsolete) Original genus name of Calyptra.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάλπη (Kálpē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.peː/, [ˈkäɫ̪peː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.pe/, [ˈkälpe]

Proper noun

Calpē f sg (genitive Calpēs); first declension

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

Declension

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

• “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