ἱππόδρομος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, horse) +‎ δρόμος (drómos, street).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hippódromosm (genitive ῐ̔πποδρόμου); second declension

  1. hippodrome, a circuit for chariot-racing

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: hippodrome
  • Latin: hippodromos

References

  • ἱππόδρομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἱππόδρομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἱππόδρομος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἱππόδρομος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.