Φείδιππος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φείδομαι (pheídomai, “to spare”) +‎ ἵππος (híppos, “horse”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰěː.dip.pos/ → /ˈɸi.ðip.pos/ → /ˈfi.ði.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰěː.dip.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰi.dip.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸi.ðip.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ðip.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ði.pos/

Proper noun

Φείδῐππος • (Pheídippos) m (genitive Φειδῐ́ππου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Phidippus, one of the suitors of Helen

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Φείδῐππος; τοῦ Φειδῐ́ππου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φείδῐππος ho Pheídippos
Genitive	τοῦ Φειδῐ́ππου toû Pheidíppou
Dative	τῷ Φειδῐ́ππῳ tôi Pheidíppōi
Accusative	τὸν Φείδῐππον tòn Pheídippon
Vocative	Φείδῐππε Pheídippe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Φειδιππίδης (Pheidippídēs)

Descendants

• → Latin: Phidippus
• → Translingual: Phidippus

Further reading

• “Φείδιππος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Φείδιππος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette