Hypsipyle

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Hypsĭpylē, ēs, f., = Ὑψιπύλη,

I daughter of Thoas , queen of Lemnos in the time of the Argonauts; she saved her father when the women killed all the men; she also entertained Jason , Stat. Th. 4, 739 sq.; Ov. H. 6, 1 sq.; Val. Fl. 2, 90 sq.; Prop. 1, 15, 18: Hypsipyles patria, i. e. Lemnos , Ov. M. 13, 399.

II —Hence, Hypsĭpylēus , a, um, adj.: tellus, i. e. Lemnos , Ov. F. 3, 82.