ἱππόκαμπος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ κάμπος (kámpos, “sea-monster”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̔ππόκᾰμπος • (hippókampos) m (genitive ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπου); second declension

  1. monster with the body of a horse and the tail of a fish, hippocampus
  2. sea horse (fish of the genus Hippocampus)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῐ̔ππόκᾰμπος; τοῦ ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῐ̔ππόκᾰμπος
ho hippókampos 		τὼ ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπω
tṑ hippokámpō 		οἱ ῐ̔ππόκᾰμποι
hoi hippókampoi
Genitive τοῦ ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπου
toû hippokámpou 		τοῖν ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μποιν
toîn hippokámpoin 		τῶν ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπων
tôn hippokámpōn
Dative τῷ ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπῳ
tôi hippokámpōi 		τοῖν ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μποιν
toîn hippokámpoin 		τοῖς ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μποις
toîs hippokámpois
Accusative τὸν ῐ̔ππόκᾰμπον
tòn hippókampon 		τὼ ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπω
tṑ hippokámpō 		τοὺς ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπους
toùs hippokámpous
Vocative ῐ̔ππόκᾰμπε
hippókampe 		ῐ̔πποκᾰ́μπω
hippokámpō 		ῐ̔ππόκᾰμποι
hippókampoi
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Descendants

References

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