ίππος
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See also: ἵππος
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”). Sense 4 is a semantic loan from French cheval.
Pronunciation
Noun
ίππος • (íppos) m (plural ίπποι)
- (formal) horse
- (formal, chess) knight
- Synonym: άλογο (álogo)
- (gymnastics) pommel horse
- horsepower
- Synonym: άλογο (álogo)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | ίππος (íppos) | ίπποι (íppoi) |
| genitive | ίππου (íppou) | ίππων (íppon) |
| accusative | ίππο (íppo) | ίππους (íppous) |
| vocative | ίππε (íppe) | ίπποι (íppoi) |
Related terms
- έφιππος (éfippos, “mounted, trooper”)
- ιππικό n (ippikó, “cavalry”)
- ιππικός (ippikós, “equestrian, horse”)
- ιπποπόταμος m (ippopótamos, “hippopotamus”)
- ιππότης m (ippótis, “knight”)
See also
- see: άλογο n (álogo, “horse”)
See also
| Chess pieces in Greek · πεσσοί (pessoí) (layout · text) | |||||
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| βασιλιάς (vasiliás) | βασίλισσα (vasílissa) | πύργος (pýrgos) | αξιωματικός (axiomatikós), τρελός (trelós) | ίππος (íppos) | στρατιώτης (stratiótis), πιόνι (pióni) |
References
- ίππος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
ίππος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
