Ἱππόθοος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + θοός (thoós, “quick”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hip.pó.tʰo.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)ipˈpo.tʰo.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ipˈpo.θo.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ipˈpo.θo.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈpo.θo.os/
Proper noun
Ἱππόθοος • (Hippóthoos) m (genitive Ἱπποθόου); second declension
- (Greek mythology) Hippothous, a descendant of Pelasgus slain by Ajax
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Ἱππόθοος ho Hippóthoos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Ἱπποθόου toû Hippothóou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Ἱπποθόῳ tôi Hippothóōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Ἱππόθοον tòn Hippóthoon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἱππόθοε Hippóthoe | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ιππόθοος (Ippóthoos)
- → Latin: Hippothous
References
- “Ἱππόθοος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἱππόθοος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette