ιπποπόταμος
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See also: ἱπποπόταμος
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos). By surface analysis, ίππος (íppos, “formal: horse”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ιπποπόταμος • (ippopótamos) m (plural ιπποπόταμοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ιπποπόταμος (ippopótamos) | ιπποπόταμοι (ippopótamoi) |
| genitive | ιπποπόταμου (ippopótamou) | ιπποπόταμων (ippopótamon) |
| accusative | ιπποπόταμο (ippopótamo) | ιπποπόταμους (ippopótamous) |
| vocative | ιπποπόταμε (ippopótame) | ιπποπόταμοι (ippopótamoi) |
With dated formal types:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ιπποπόταμος (ippopótamos) | ιπποπόταμοι (ippopótamoi) |
| genitive | ιπποπόταμου (ippopótamou) ιπποποτάμου (ippopotámou) |
ιπποπόταμων (ippopótamon) ιπποποτάμων (ippopotámon) |
| accusative | ιπποπόταμο (ippopótamo) | ιπποπόταμους (ippopótamous) ιπποποτάμους (ippopotámous) |
| vocative | ιπποπόταμε (ippopótame) | ιπποπόταμοι (ippopótamoi) |
Second forms are formal.
Further reading
- ιπποπόταμος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
ιπποπόταμος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
