hippodromos
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “street”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hipˈpo.dro.mos/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ipˈpo.dro.mos/,
Noun
hippodromos m (genitive hippodromī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hippodromos | hippodromī |
| Genitive | hippodromī | hippodromōrum |
| Dative | hippodromō | hippodromīs |
| Accusative | hippodromon | hippodromōs |
| Ablative | hippodromō | hippodromīs |
| Vocative | hippodrome | hippodromī |
Descendants
Descendants
- English: hippodrome
- French: hippodrome
- Italian: ippodromo
- Russian: ипподро́м (ippodróm)
References
- “hippodromos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hippodromos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.